Two local Tatar officials present Russian President Boris Yeltsin, center, with a covered rifle after Yeltsin played a traditional Tatar game of break the clay pot Sunday, June 9 1996 in the town of Arsk some 37 miles (60km) from the Tatar capital of Kazan. The game was part of the Tatar festival “Sabantui” – the celebration of the plough. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)
