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Putin is a former KGB official who was active in Boris Yeltsin's administration after Yeltsin became President of Russia in 1991. Putin was the head of Russia's Security Council in 1999 and was Prime Minister from 1999 to 2000 - he became Acting President when Yeltsin resigned at the end of 1999. He ran in the subsequent election and became President in May, 2000.

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