Vandals deface Yeltsin monument

Vandals defaced a monument of Russia's first post- Soviet president Boris Yeltsin on Friday.<br /><br />They poured blue paint over the memorial in Yeltsin's home town of Yekaterinburg.<br /><br />Police are investigating.<br /><br />Yeltsin was elected president of Russia in 1991 and 1996.<br /><br />He died five years ago after a string of health problems.<br />http://www.euronews.net/