Book on Yeltsin to be published

Moscow - Mr Alexander Korzhakov, who spent a decade as President Yeltsin's powerful bodyguard before a bitter break-up a year…

Moscow - Mr Alexander Korzhakov, who spent a decade as President Yeltsin's powerful bodyguard before a bitter break-up a year ago, promised yesterday to reveal the Russian leader in his true colours in long-awaited memoirs. Mr Korzhakov (47) said he was ready to go to court and defend anything written in the memoirs. - (Reuter)

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