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Resignation of Boris Yeltsin (1999)
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31 Dec 1999 — Boris Yeltsin resigned six months early in a televised address, asking Russians to forgive him for hopes that had not come true. He handed power to Putin as acting president. Putin’s first decree granted Yeltsin immunity; in March 2000 he was elected with 52.9%.
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- Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000
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