1K 3 min. ... The country warmly welcomes the president's resignation Boris Yeltsin's statement interrupted the planned pause in the life of Russian politicians and the media. Taken by surprise, the establishment found itself in the same position as the rest of the country's population, and was forced to improvise: the leaders clearly did not have a prepared reaction to such a development of events.

12K 4 min. ... Royal gesture The Kremlin New Year's show was held to applause Everyone knew that Yeltsin would leave someday. But he left like no one had ever left before. On December 31, Russia did not see off the old year; it saw off its first president. She didn't celebrate the New Year - she met the new president. With the help of several competent Kremlin sources, Kommersant columnist ILYA BULAVINOV managed to outline a plan for the preparation of this unique New Year's performance.

6K 1 min. ... Why did Kommersant interrupt its holidays? Until now, Kommersant's New Year holidays have been a kind of guarantor of stability. Traditionally, sending our readers to take a break from the newspaper, we seemed to promise them that nothing significant (including bad) would happen in the country in the first two weeks of the new year. And this time too, it turns out, they promised...

6K 4 min. ... Time, January 1, 2000 Remembering Yeltsin BILL CLINTON When I spoke with Boris Yeltsin by phone on New Year's Eve, shortly after he announced his resignation, he conveyed his feelings to me - relief that the difficult choice was behind him, and confidence that it was the right one choice for his country.

Kommersant newspaper 01/05/2000, 00:00 Address by President B. N. Yeltsin to the citizens of Russia December 31, 1999 Dear Russians! There is very little time left until the magical date in our history. The year 2000 is coming. New century, new millennium. We all tried this date on ourselves. First in childhood, then as adults, we figured out how old we would be in 2000, how old our mother would be, and how old our children would be.

7K 1 min. ... Tatyana Dyachenko: I didn’t know anything until recently — When did you learn about your father’s decision? - You know, I didn’t know anything until the very end. But I began to guess that he was up to something about a month ago. I think dad finally decided everything for himself after his trip to China. By the way, already there I began to notice some unusual moments in his behavior. For example, he never ate local food anywhere - he always prepared it with his own chef.

7K 1 min. ... Astrological forecast It has long been clear that Yeltsin’s career is moving towards some kind of decision. The main reason for this movement is the planet Saturn, the planet of power (it tests the politician for consistency and suitability for the position held). Saturn squares Yeltsin's Sun three times.

5K 2 minutes. ... Holy place For the first time in 2000 years, the man who led Russia will be in Bethlehem for Christmas. This visit becomes the final scene of a fascinating play in which Yeltsin played the main role. Kommersant special correspondent Alexander Kabakov reports from Jerusalem. Mr. Yeltsin's Christmas trip to Jerusalem and Bethlehem was prepared when he was not yet the first president of Russia, but simply the president.

6K 1 min. ... Putin's call From the first days of his duties as president, Putin began to demonstrate inexhaustible efficiency. The Kremlin has been swept by a wave of personnel changes. The old-timers of the Kremlin corridors, accustomed in recent years to a gentle rhythm of work, have to adapt to the regime of the new owner. Already the guards at the Kremlin’s Spassky Gate are complaining about their habit and... O. the president stays in his office every day until 2-3 am.

7K 3 min. ... And about. in a minefield Vladimir Putin made a name for himself in the war in the North Caucasus. But the real fighting in Chechnya, in fact, began only at the end of December. The troops were stuck in Grozny and in the foothills of the republic. Now every day of the war brings greater losses. The experience of the past Chechen campaign shows that people quickly get tired of war, and its initiators turn from heroes into political corpses.

1K 3 min. ... Impeachment in reverse By his first decree as acting... O. President Vladimir Putin granted lifelong immunity to Boris Yeltsin. In the West, this decree has already provoked a new wave of publications about Russian corruption and Yeltsin’s Swiss millions. In fact, this is an example of democracy in Russian. The logic of Western observers is simple: since Yeltsin required guarantees from criminal and administrative liability, it means he has something to hide and something to fear.

8K 4 min. ... Immediate tasks of presidential power Vladimir Putin has achieved supreme power in Russia. Now he must prove that he is worthy of her. Both Russian voters and Western politicians and financiers will have to prove it. Putin's program Until now, everyone has been saying that Putin has no economic program. Now he has to admit that he has it. When Putin was confirmed in the State Duma, he said that the main task of the government was to fight poverty.

8K 5 minutes. ... The resignation decree turned out to be a valuable security Some explain the record rise in quotes of Russian securities by the global warming of the investment climate in Russia, others by a sharp change in the internal political balance of power, and still others call it ordinary speculation. The truth lies somewhere in the middle.

1K 1 min. ... Not subject to jurisdiction From the decree of Vladimir Putin "On guarantees to the President of the Russian Federation who has ceased to exercise his powers, and to members of his family" The President of the Russian Federation, who has ceased to exercise his powers, enjoys immunity. He cannot be brought to criminal or administrative liability, detained, arrested, searched, interrogated or personally searched.

1K 2 minutes. ... Christmas story Russian stocks have never risen in price so quickly Boris Yeltsin's resignation was greeted with enthusiasm by Russian securities traders. Within a few hours of trading on the RTS, quotes for blue chips rose by more than 30%, and in Western markets, following the results of the trading day on December 31, prices for Russian Eurobonds rose by 15%, ADRs for shares of Russian companies jumped by almost 50%.