Today the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Janez Janša, sent a letter of condolence to the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Fradkov, on the death of the former Russian President Boris Yeltsin.

He stressed that Yeltsin would be remembered as a president who took his country at the right moment on the road of democratic change. He also asked Mr Fradkov to extend his condolances to the Yeltsin family.