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| Acting President Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich |  |
| 31st Dec Yeltsin unexpectedly resigns and, according to the constitution, Putin becomes (acting) President of the Russian Federation |
| Acting Prime Minister Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| 9th Aug Appointed acting Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation by President Boris Yeltsin |
| Constitution Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 31st Dec Unity's electoral success gives Yeltsin the confidence to resign in favour of Prime Minister Putin (who becomes Acting President upon Yeltsin's resignation) |
| Death of Romanov Romanov | |
| 7th Jan Death of Rostislav Romanov |
| Diplomacy Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| 9th Dec Yeltsin resigns |
| Diplomacy Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 10th Dec Yeltsin of Russia and President Jiang Zemin end a 2-day summit and swap pledges of support for Chechnya and Taiwan |
| Dismissal Primakov, Yevgeniy Maksimovich | |
| 12th May Yeltsin fires Primakov, ostensibly because of the need for more energetic leadership |
| Dismissal Stepashin, Sergey Vladimirovich | |
| 9th Aug Stepashin is fired without explanation, Yeltsin nominates Vladimir Putin, former KGB official, head of the FSB, and secretary of the Russian Security Council |
| Dismissal Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 12th May Yeltsin fires Primakov, ostensibly because of the need for more energetic leadership |
| 12th May Yeltsin fires Primakov, who was rapidly gaining popularity, and names Interior Minister Sergei Stepashin to replace him |
| 9th Aug Stepashin is fired without explanation, Yeltsin nominates Vladimir Putin, former KGB official, head of the FSB, and secretary of the Russian Security Council |
| Economy Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| Sakhalin Island Sakhalin Energy, a Shell-led enterprise, begins pumping oil off the coast of Russia's Sakhalin Island in the Sea of Okhotsk |
| 15th Nov The Finance Minister announces that he would request the Western commercial banks to cancel $12 billion in Soviet-era debt and reschedule another $18 billion in exchange |
| Election Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| Dec Putin pledges his support to the newly formed Unity Party which wins the second largest percentage of the popular vote (23,32%) in the Duma elections |
| Election Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 19th Dec Parliamentary elections are held, the Communist Party lead with over24% of the vote, 4 of the next 5 parties are centrist groups with Unity at 23.2%. |
| 19th Dec Russians take advantage of their democratic franchise by voting for a moderate political party, the Kremlin backed 'Unity' Party |
| Impeachment Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 15th May The Duma votes down five counts of impeachment brought against Yeltsin |
| Legislation of Internet Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 31st Dec Russia passes Legislation that creates SORM-2, a Russian acronym for the system of Operative and Investigative procedures requiring every Internet service provider to install monitoring equipment that allowed access by Russian security agencies |
| President Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| 31st Dec Appointed President of Russia, acting |
| 31st Dec Yeltsin announces his resignation and hands power over to Prime Minister Putin |
| Prime Minister Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| 9th Aug Yeltsin elevates the obscure Putin to the position of Prime Minister, and shortly thereafter designates him as his successor |
| Prime Minister Stepashin, Sergey Vladimirovich | |
| 12th May The nomination of Interior Minister Sergei Stepashin, a Yeltsin loyalist, as Primakov's replacement suggests to many that Primakov had become too powerful for the President's comfort. Stepashin is easily confirmed by the Duma |
| Prime Minister Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 12th May The nomination of Interior Minister Sergei Stepashin, a Yeltsin loyalist, as Primakov's replacement suggests to many that Primakov had become too powerful for the President's comfort. Stepashin is easily confirmed by the Duma |
| 9th Aug Yeltsin fires Stepashin and names Vladimir Putin, the head of the Federal Security Service and 15-year veteran of the KGB, the acting prime minister, he also designates Putin as successor to the presidency |
| Rebellion Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| 9th Oct Chechnya Putin plans to resettle thousands of Chechens in areas under Russian control, an indication that Moscow plans to split Chechnya in two |
| Resignation of of Yeltsin Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| 31st Dec Unity's electoral success gives Yeltsin the confidence to resign in favour of Prime Minister Putin (who becomes Acting President upon Yeltsin's resignation) |
| Resignation of Yeltsin Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 31st Dec Unity's electoral success gives Yeltsin the confidence to resign in favour of Prime Minister Putin (who becomes Acting President upon Yeltsin's resignation) |
| 31st Dec Yeltsin asks a national TV audience for their forgiveness and apologizes for his mistakes in a resignation speech that surprises the world's media and concludes his eight years as Russia's president |
| Rule of Belarus Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 10th Dec Russia and Belarus sign a 3rd union agreement, it proposes combining currencies by 2005 and the introduction of a joint tax system in 2001 |
| Rule of Chechnya Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| 1st Oct Chechnya Putin cuts ties with the elected Government of Chechnya |
| 9th Oct Chechnya Putin plans to resettle thousands of Chechens in areas under Russian control, an indication that Moscow plans to split Chechnya in two |
| 4th Nov Sleptsovskaya Russia allows thousands of refugees to flee Chechnya and the crossing at the Sleptsovskaya border reaches 500 people per hour |
| Rule of Chechnya Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 4th Nov Sleptsovskaya Russia allows thousands of refugees to flee Chechnya and the crossing at the Sleptsovskaya border reaches 500 people per hour |
| 10th Dec Chechnya Yeltsin of Russia and President Jiang Zemin end a 2-day summit and swap pledges of support for Chechnya and Taiwan |
| Sakhalin Energy Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| Sakhalin Island Sakhalin Energy, a Shell-led enterprise, begins pumping oil off the coast of Russia's Sakhalin Island in the Sea of Okhotsk |
| SORM 2 Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 31st Dec Russia passes Legislation that creates SORM-2, a Russian acronym for the system of Operative and Investigative procedures requiring every Internet service provider to install monitoring equipment that allowed access by Russian security agencies |
