Retiring Russian President Boris Yeltsin (R) shakes hands with Prime Minister and acting President Vladimir Putin (L) as he leaves his office in the Kremlin 31 December 1999, as Presidential Administration head Alexander Voloshin (2D L) looks on (others unidentified). Yeltsin earlier announced his resignation, stipulating that Putin, under the Russian constitution, would run the county as acting president until elections in March 2000. (Photo by William West/AFP Photo)
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