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With all due respect, my recollection is that hours before the dawn of the year 2000, with the very real fear of Y2K meltdown looming (particularly in Russia), Boris resigned in favor of Vladimir Putin. Can’t say for fact, but some say it was a bloodless coup. The world owed Brave Boris a debt of thanks in 1991, but nine years later, he was pretty much a worthless drunk (IMHO). Not the man to be in command of a nuclear power, in the event of catastrophe. Thanks for the opportunity to express my thoughts.
Say this for Yeltsin: he served two terms and then walked away. That was an amazing thing to do given the history. Putin has that "president for life" streak in him.