1 March 2004 Just days before the presidential election, Putin severs his ties to the Yeltsin years and brings in a largely unknown former taxman to head his government.ULYANOVSK, Russia–Reports of problems between Russia’s president and his prime minister had circulated throughout President Vladimir Putin’s term in office, but when the axe fell on Mikhail Kasyanov’s government on 24 February […]
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