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Yumashyev: Yeltsin resigned early, Putin to give a head start over Primakov

Yumashyev: Yeltsin resigned early, Putin to give a head start over Primakov
The former head of the presidential administration, Valentin Yumashev was interviewed by Vladimir Pozner on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the departure of President Boris Yeltsin as head of state. Interview recorded in the Yeltsin Center. Posner interlocutor tried to find out, why Putin chose as his successor, Boris Yeltsin two decades ago.

According to Valentin Yumashev, which in the 90s and even served as presidential adviser, for Boris Yeltsin was extremely important, to "man was not one of those, who was in the Soviet Union ". As it appears, It refers to the lack of power at the federal level.

Yumashev said, Yeltsin's successor chosen on the basis of hope for the continuation of his liberal reforms. The former head of the presidential administration said, Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin, "saw a man with a rod," and that then-president was critical nature of the future successor.

We asked Yumashev, why Yeltsin did not wait for the deadline and submitted his resignation to the upcoming presidential elections.

According to Boris Yeltsin, the then advisor, President "wanted to give a head start to Putin over Primakov and Luzhkov". Yumashev said, Yeltsin resigned early, because so I wanted, to guarantee Putin won the election in 2000 year.

The former head of Yeltsin's administration said in an interview with Posner, Boris Yeltsin was very happy 31 December 1999 of the year, "Although this was a very difficult day for him".

Recall, what 31 in December 1999 the first in the whole country was made: "I'm tired. I'm leaving". While many Russians initially interpreted this statement as Yeltsin's New Year's joke.

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