1992. Yeltsin's speech in the US Congress
25 years ago, June 17, 1992, Russian President Boris Yeltsin made a speech in the US Congress. He stated: "The communist idol, who sowed social discord, enmity and unprecedented cruelty everywhere on Earth, which instructed the human community, collapsed. And I crashed forever. And I am here in order to assure you: we will not let him resurrect."