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On New Year's Eve 1999, Yeltsin abruptly quit and named Putin acting president until elections scheduled for March 2000. After Yeltsin's shocking resignation, Vladimir Putin addresses Russia for the first time as acting President of Russia. On this day, Dec. 31, 1999, Putin's rise to power is an official fact.
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