<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishBoris Yeltsin, ambaye hakuamini jeshi, aliiharibu zaidi kwa kuinua wizara ya mambo ya ndani - na mamia ya maelfu ya askari - kama msingi tofauti, huru wa nguvu za kijeshi.  <response>: Boris Yeltsin, who didnt trust the army, further damaged it by elevating the interior ministry--with its hundreds of thousands of soldiers--as a separate, independent foundation of military power. 