Byline: Associated Press
MOSCOW -- Boris Yeltsin, speaking on Independence Day, told Russians their country remains a great international power, one that is respected instead of being feared.
``Russia's authority is acknowledged by the world,'' Yeltsin said in a nationally televised speech. ``But, for the first time in 80 years, this acknowledgment is based not on fear, as it was under Stalin, Brezhnev and others. Not on the dread of being buried under the splinters of the empire.''
Yeltsin noted several recent foreign policy deals reached by his administration: the signing of an agreement with NATO, Russia's invitation to next week's …
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