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Word: yevgeni (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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Yeltsin's resignation was planned with one end in mind--Putin's elevation and the continued protection of the outgoing President, his family and their close associates. That tight-knit clique--ironically labeled "the Family" by Russians--had a close call in early 1999, when then Prime Minister Yevgeni Primakov unleashed a criminal investigation. It was an alarming portent of things to come and brought home to the Family the need to find a successor who would look after their interests. What made their concern even greater was the fact that Primakov, who was fired in May, had rapidly become...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Tears For Boris | 1/1/2000 | See Source »

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