The Future of Vladimir Putin: A Discussion with Philip Short
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Vladimir Putin's Life and Work in East Germany
When Putin came back from Dresden, it was in order to be posted to Leningrad where he was to become the minder, as it were, of Anatoly Sogchak. He became deputy mayor, acting mayor and then head of the FSB - Yeltsin decided that he needed a kind of steel spine to his administration. So when Yeltsin was looking for a successor andFinding a suitable successor had been very much on his mind since he was reelected in 1996. And appointed him acting prime minister in August 1999. The war with Chechnya was starting up again. In December of that year, Yeltsin said he was going to resign but would appoint
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