Как Ельцин преемника выбирал

December 31, 1999, in connection with the early resignation of the President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Prime Minister V.V. Putin. For many potential heirs to the throne, this was a shock. Meanwhile, the most difficult trials awaited the new head of state: the sharp Kremlin intrigues and hostilities in Chechnya were supplemented by the sinking of the Kursk nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea, explosions in the center of Moscow, a fire at the Ostankino television tower ... But so far, many in Russia and The world is wondering - how did a little-known Kremlin official manage to take the highest post in Russia? It is this question that the well-known Russian author Nikolai Zenkovich answers in his new book.