On December 31, 1999, President Boris Yeltsin resigned and nominated then-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as acting President ahead of elections which were to be held on March 26, 2000. Putin has been in office as president or prime minister ever since. CNN's Fred Pleitgen looks at 20 tumultuous years marked by Putin's confrontation with the west. #CNN #News
How Putin has shaped 20 years of Russia's relationship with the west
On December 31, 1999, President Boris Yeltsin resigned and nominated then-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as acting President ahead of elections which were to be held on March 26, 2000. Putin has been in office as president or prime minister ever since. CNN's Fred Pleitgen looks at 20 tumultuous years marked by Putin's confrontation with the west. #CNN #News
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