[DOC] [TLE] Vladimir Putin - Wikipedia [PAR] Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is a Russian politician who is the current President 
of the Russian Federation, holding the office since 7 May 2012. He was Prime 
Minister from 1999 to 2000, President from 2000 to 2008, and .... Yeltsin also 
announced that he wanted to see Putin as his successor. Still later on that same 
day,... [DOC] [TLE] KGB - Wikipedia [PAR] The KGB, an initialism for Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti was the main 
security agency for the Soviet Union from 1954 until its break-up in 1991. Formed 
in 1954, as a direct successor of such preceding agencies as the ... The agent 
then substantiated his or her legend by living it in a foreign ..... Znak15 OGPU.GIF
. [DOC] [TLE] Federal Security Service - Wikipedia [PAR] The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation is the principal security 
agency of Russia and the main successor agency to the USSR's Committee of 
State Security (KGB) .... In 1998 Yeltsin appointed Vladimir Putin, a KGB veteran 
who would later ... Putin appointed Nikolai Patrushev as the head of FSB in 1999. [DOC] [TLE] Russian apartment bombings - Wikipedia [PAR] The Russian apartment bombings were a series of explosions that hit four 
apartment blocks in the Russian cities of Buynaksk, Moscow and Volgodonsk in 
September 1999, killing 293 and injuring more .... Russian President Boris 
Yeltsin ordered the search of 30,000 residential buildings in Moscow for 
explosives. He took... [DOC] [TLE] Boris Yeltsin's Life and Career | Timeline - Infoplease [PAR] 1931, 1956, 1976, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2007 
... Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin is born to parents Nikolai and Klavdia in the village 
... His political career is revived by his vocal campaign against corruption within 
the ... Security Service and 15-year veteran of the KGB, the acting prime minister. [DOC] [TLE] CBC News In Depth: Boris Yeltsin timeline [PAR] Apr 23, 2007 ... Fires his fourth prime minister and names Vladimir Putin, a 15-year veteran of the 
KGB, as acting prime minister and his successor as president. 1999, Dec. 31. 
Makes a dramatic, emotional address to the nation, in which he... [DOC] [TLE] Bill Powell : page 4 - Newsweek [PAR] But as Vladimir Putin, Yeltsin's successor, is about to find out, there are other, 
less ... Recently, Putin was prepared to name Dmitry Kozak, his friend and fellow 
..... Himself a KGB veteran, Primakov had a large constituency within the agency. 
...... A fluent German speaker, Putin spent 15 years in the East Berlin Residenz (a
... [DOC] [TLE] The making of a neo-KGB state | The Economist [PAR] Aug 23, 2007 ... Political power in Russia now lies with the FSB, the KGB's successor. ... on New 
Year's Eve 1999, when Mr Yeltsin resigned and, despite his .... It is a view shared 
by most KGB veterans and their successors. ..... Sep 15th 2007. [DOC] [TLE] Profiles - Telegraph [PAR] Jan 1, 2001 ... In 1991, he allied himself with Boris Yeltsin during the 1991 coup ... He remained 
with the KGB for 15 years, retiring in 1990 as a colonel. ... He resigned 
unexpectedly on December 31 1999 naming Vladimir Putin as his successor. .... 
of the airport at Grozny, leaving Chechnya independent in all but name. [DOC] [TLE] PUTIN'S PATH TO POWER (forthcoming in POST-SOVIET AFFAIRS ... [PAR] Aug 7, 1999 ... run by a KGB veteran is less surprising than the fact that this ex-spy has ... Putin's 
elevation in less than a year from head of the Federal .... Primakov in May 1999, 
replacing him with Interior Minister Sergei .... The name Vladimir Putin .... 
selecting his own successor, Yeltsin underlined his historic legacy as... [DOC] [TLE] Russia Report: September 25, 2007 [PAR] Sep 25, 2007 ... His main task -- successfully executed -- was to improve Russia's reputation in 
the .... beginning his speech with a promise that Russia in 15 years will be a ... 
The third silovik-connected potential presidential successor is Russian .... The

Question: 1999:Yeltsin names this 15-year KGB veteran his successor
Answer: Putin