A man reacts holding a newspaper showing former Russian President Boris Yeltsin as he stands in a line at Moscow's Christ the Saviour Cathedral to pay his last respect at Yeltsin's coffin April 24, 2007. Hundreds of Russians filed past Boris Yeltsin's open coffin on Tuesday to pay their respects to the former president who dismantled the Soviet Union and led Russia in its first chaotic years of independence. The headline reads: 'Yeltsin visited holy places before his death". (Reuters)

Guards carry the coffin of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin into the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow April 24, 2007. (Reuters)