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Putin Named Acting Prime Minister

Russia · Politics / KGB (Committee for State Security). Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1999

Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin9 August 1999

Moscow · Politics / KGB (Committee for State Security)

Dismisses Sergei Stepashin, appoints Vladimir Putin acting prime minister and identifies him as his preferred successor.

Names involved

Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin

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