Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin9 August 1999
Dismisses Sergei Stepashin, appoints Vladimir Putin acting prime minister and identifies him as his preferred successor.
Russia · Politics / KGB (Committee for State Security). Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Dismisses Sergei Stepashin, appoints Vladimir Putin acting prime minister and identifies him as his preferred successor.
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