4 January 2001 MOSCOW, Russia–A year has passed since President Boris Yeltsin resigned, leaving Russia to his “successor” Vladimir Putin, the former security service chief who had been appointed prime minister half a year earlier. In March he was elected the president of Russia, having promised an ambitious slate of reforms: The political system was […]

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