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december 23rd on d w. ah. for centuries, the kremlin chimes have been counting the hours and minutes and mocking, changing times, and eras for those who don't know or maybe half forgotten, i will remind you that the times in deer is change surprisingly regularly in 20th century russia. in 1917, the bolsheviks overthrew the czar and replaced him with the communist government for the following 70 years. then in 1991 after may, shall gorbachev's perestroika reforms. the russian people overthrew the rents and voted boris yeltsin in as president in the countries fast democratic elections.

however, with freedom came the economic crisis and the fast chechen war, whilst yeltsin was anointed modern days are and then his house started of failing. this is how russia entered the new century and the new millennium being a documentary film director, i recorded what was going on around me. this film is my personal witness testimony about the events of one single momentous year . from the 31st of december, 1999 to the 31st of december. 2000

i have yes and your present shamaya today is a patient vitaly journals. is this for me? yes. yes young goes by the look at mommy's, i'm wrapping up. present. with all the presence of that come on them. who gets this one done via the talk lights and

lollipops. then he can now show your happy face. how do you like the chocolate and it will hear me. i love the way no ideal that you have no present. have you know the old last? no, there isn't a load, but the thing is you the songs with lyrics? her lucian, natalie. any success it with the television? i the new gun. nothing to add new content around to a new symbol feel. she bought a new year present for everyone. but what about you all look at you. dear? yes, no, it's a surety war. sure. he's 2 stories go shambria bush. yeah. try to go for a c o l address the people at midnight paycheck stub. had let me relax. why you

stalking me? gra mom. stop it with long hours. oh oh easy. oh oh oh oh oh dear. oh there is no moon. i open the door with a free get lost with your camera. this is my chronicle. no longer enough harassing us with your chronicle. leave us alone. we're human beings, 2 to 4. mm hm. or is it tony? it's enough. it's getting on my nerves. i cannot. you know what happened?

i yes, but why? you should see me. okay. well, i'm about to burst into tears. i believe that the time has come up. i think it's because of the permian, or would you like me to say something high flying in front of a camera, please? i told you i'm shocked cuz i know we've got the firm hand that the people are so fond of. again, those. let's see how he'll tyson this cruise. it's awful. we'll look back on yelton's time as a time of happiness. we'll think it was like utopia, you still don't you agree to some of the i do. you know, so why are you, you talk to me that the, but i think it's a nightmare. all our utopia is all of a sudden gone. you will become of us will begin to go to there hasn't ever been a president like the new one is a gray mouse here. blue are all you. oh, i know what it does he take on new year's eve. laura,

who has now will address. i said, midnights of support and well, more new generation is coming. you let's just fail me. mute the world will be afraid of us again. who was that? yes. yeah. but you're so i i, i see that they have probably been struck by dealers with movie oh yeah go yeah. i me. ah.

ah. then you lose, you see with a bit of this is it's all this isn't that i see. but his ankle ocean. yes. i was looking at you seem one day to get the copy of things that you needed for the

dentist that he got the old warden he had away, but he didn't. i see putting alecia weak. he what stuff. oh, i see a media about pizza starting that a year to see him that he said he should say we're going to me. i was looking at a business going with this with this kid is 3. he said, to say it's a little but he didn't finish. jeremy putin took the russian federation over from boris yeltsin, who stepped down voluntarily. he took it over, complete with its constitution, national flag, and anthem, the basic symbols of the new and democratic bratia that had replaced the old soviet symbols left in the past. together with the soviet union, seemingly for good. the shift in power on new year's eve. moreover, during the transition to the new millennium was a really clever move. following

a long standing tradition, the whole state drifted into a state of rampant revelry and was incapable of a so by analysis of what was actually happening at the same time, russians was supposed to get used to the idea of the new president. during these very days i started shooting a p r film that was supposed to be used in putin selection campaign. this will do it this way. still one will order you about a little, but without your permission, jerry, i'm under one more so much of the footage was taken from my old film about putin, the audience back then. note is trivial. details such as the watch on his right rest. rather than listening to what he was actually saying, but looking back over those shots to day,

i noticed that even as acting president put him was already clearly embodying traits that some worship and others demonize. some are bullish debility store. our main goal is to make people believe in everything we say and do that. ours is a heartfelt position, pressuring dictated only and solely by considerations of the national interests tonka. it just that one of the was, this is the key to success. if people believe that, that's the main thing that was um, did you get that the task is to convince the russian people that national interests are more important than those of the individual. meanwhile, his electioneering was in full swing, even though he wasn't publicly campaigning at all. he was just omnipresent on all the tv channels. everybody reported to him on t. v. governor's army and security people work collectives, rural labor,

as children and old folks. and everybody was happy about him, which partially reflected the actual state of affairs and his technologists, skilfully modified his image from that of the thumb hand to glad hand it with the inquiry that they contained jessica glover, goodness. doris loves you. which in front of me a little bit however, the key element in his campaign was the importance of the army and the threat to russia security. so put in naturally spent defender of the fatherland day in the hero, city vulgar grat, talking to the veterans of the long past battle of star in grad,

and then promptly on all the russian tv channels. turned the spotlight on to the heroes of the new victorious war in chechnya. ah lockwood easy with 2 and a half months of non existent electioneering went according to plan. putin managed to visit to almost all the regions of the state. and on the 8th of march international women's day, the acting president who was at the same time a candidate for the presidency, made

a rather symbolic trip to the women's capital of russia. the city of weavers, yvonne, nova. and of course, he was accompanied by teams from all the principal tv channels. mm ah.

as far as i remember by the 8th of march, 2018 days before the election, the general mood in the country was that it was all a foregone conclusion. by the end of the election campaign, even the candidate himself didn't hesitate to admit. it wasn't like he these that say again, to have only will you participation any tv debates with it is my opinion that people involved in practical activities, either in parliament or in the authorities, had to prove their competence with practical deeds rather than tv spots or any other advertising devices or means the so called tv debate is one of the tv

campaign spots even more. so that's advertising. oh, you don't need to find out from the election campaign whether tam packs or sneakers are more important. so i won't be doing it all that was true, put in didn't sink to the level of campaign spots or tv debates. as far as i remember, all the other candidates did take part in debates, but mainly to emphasize their closeness to put in himself. it's time to win this phrase turned into pollutants, campaign slogan. but i personally think as i assume the majority of russians did that, the beginning of putins campaign really dated back to a time long before he was made acting president. you can actually fix the day, our and even minute

on the 8th of september 1999 at 1159 p. m. a block of flats in a sleepy suburb of moscow was blown up with the explosive ardie axe, killing many of its residents. the same thing happened 5 days later, and then a rash of explosions broke out all over the country. i very well remember how military patrols began to appear in the buildings and on the city streets. the country was gripped by fear prompted by the intense media coverage. the man in the street started a clamor, louder and louder calling for

a firm hand. vladimir putin had been appointed as prime minister 22 days before the fast explosion. he was the 6th prime minister of yelton's administration, so his ratings were almost 0, irrespective of who was behind them, the explosions appeared to benefit him. and over the next 7 months, his ratings grew to 50 percent. his famous quote will rub them out in the outhouse, became a new symbol of the time ah, blue. at the end of one working day, putin accepted an offer to go to the site of the 1st block of flats that have been blown up in moscow. begin by you here for the 1st time

just to be clear. neither then nor now did i actually believe putin was personally involved in the bombings of these blocks of flats. but an attempt by f as be offices to plant similar sacks of the audio, ex explosive, in the basements of a block of flat scenery. as anne came out by accident and led to some serious questions for the authorities. facility, quickly the millennium. here vladimir, of ich, do you believe at the end justifies the means syllabus their aims to they justify the means. what do you want me to, to reach the aims of the terrorists? yes. can you check down with you to look for that? i do not believe any sane person can ever choose to commit such an act shooting to

blow up a building with people in it. innocent people. so at night moving close. neither i yeah. you are. it's really it's beyond me though. it's unbelievable. just unbelievable laziness. it's in human cruelty. it's the lesson of financial thinking with us, we must understand that we can only cover this with force. why we won't, we won't guard our state and protect our people. the when you're doing the regular job is when you can just only expect

the financial part of the state school uniform which is good. i do just them to go through some of them. like if you didn't have a good thing with another and you will be the italian . let's go. do you really think we have to vote for it? yes, i do. even if nothing depends on us, at least we won't be voting for the communism. so it won't matter to tell. well, let's go anyway. it's, it's, it's important to us because it's the 1st time we've been able to do it as registered voters before that we were nothing. okay, let's go and load it up.

with that form you've been with are you wire in the line? no, not at all with you. oh boy. oh,

with with you ah you cuz i'm with

the, with the, with, with the other with admission that they be to go over the press let the polling station with boot and just one french journalist stayed behind to interview the former president of the u. s. s. r mikhail gorbachev,

who came to cost his balance with his daughter and grand daughter. may i ask who you will vote for a 3rd wait and see. are you voting to gorbachev didn't tanza yet? i didn't, but having cost his boat, he couldn't resist having a drink with his former colleagues. yes, natalia anyone's patient. you do with yahoo?

i just wanted to say that i am proud that i was the 1st to speak at the congress. i said the president of the ussr should be elected immediately, and that should be only one candidate. we all remember with louise. oh, they tried to persuade me they should. you should agree for 2 or 3. his mom, i am able to let her know that he's gonna make a survey of which you could have agreed to become the president. for 15 years i've met you that will full. then this post should have been introduced to, to who i need to still be general secretary, let me go over with you wouldn't again take, i'm see, deal with a program with you. but the boy, you're just like napoleon authorities at 1st elected 1st console for 4 years. and then for life we go from here on the left isn't hello the fellow who but it, it it.

meanwhile, boris yeltsin was surrounded by his family and waiting for the 1st election results said it was put out a clue who you could use. these means my daily routine must certainly change or so, you know, took lucas and has already, de leon in the constant pressure has gone up to the chef with all of russia on your shoulders every hour, every day. the problem is, are pressing. something has happened year or their decisions have to be taken at thousands of papers, signed daily, thousands to thousands, the size. it's a constant pile of the cold. it's a hell of a java or what does it has? it's just right now. it's not pressing any more to push to not lose just the routine work lived on. and now the burden is on vladimir bloody mirror of each

protein. it says k. now would, you know, cordele. i gave him a 6 month head start on purpose for one. so that after being elected, luca is go to he could make use of the experience he had gained as acting. president obama was still in the good peace, panelled business. in other words, says, head of the russian governmental hostess who laughable of toner. that was the import . those have the decision i took on december 31st, 1999 up to be sure they're still reproaching if you could be talking about a protege or something or switching. but yeah, when you acted so decently publish addressing the people and telling them, watch him to sign so they could evaluate his work that she needed to use motion. it was all done. so democratically and honestly, i was amazed. she asked me what you would kill hewitt you who was wrong, his rating of rows from true to 50 percent. right. yeah. you know it, oh,

buckle us. it was all due to his work. we should put the symbols, he did not have any special campaign advertising or t v spots aside. when you do the glum there already. can you go with you? he visits the region where deals with the problems and he's just putting you on the line. he goes to yvonne of o and he sorts out problems in the textile industry, who i know was it was the to see the property, a woman he goes to caused by son, sorts out the miners property else on korea. so my role is to come chat. gower, with the sar carlene, was in deals with the problems in the far east. one of us is, was it easy to take your 30 fast of december decision yet digital? no, it was hard. use them for cfo me a strange as it may seem. after that i felt better because i do, you have the things i said to my focus was full explained to my ministers in the presidential staff. welcome would you let you. and then to vladimir of ramiro

bridge himself, i explained to him 4 times. he woke up the coil. we had meetings strongly years, so stayed. eventually he got the message that the idea was to transfer power to hampton. for next, i was acting president of russia. i see it today, did you have to persuade him to like charlotte, to look genius arousal, you didn't agree immediately. so i was also was hills appear. of course, my 1st we just got acquainted. why? why little vanya come here? why would you do that now? your cheeks are just like after i was oh, so who do you have to vote for vanya del grandpa. you voted for it. was, it was the video, this is a cover will so well. now go to it. so there he said it

aloud in your own will go a little garden life, montana. how is he saying didn't he pronounces it's so funny. funny. how do you call preaching a reading? she wasn't gonna be really reading a id member id marrow, which was one that you need a translator. i mean, why would you people, would you wish you hadn't got adequately want some candy miss with the reading of an a t on the book. it is. you're going to go with all the video that i see some of the blue sheet with if there is

a little bit of trouble with a bunch with what's the name in this order? she did done that before with though i don't remember any mention of pu tins, campaign office in the press, it had the biggest headquarters and all the senior state officials were involved with was let's see what's happening in moscow. moscow 46.71 percent. no change for book with us, you will see to morrow with he st. petersburg is fine. i agree with and how many votes has krisha got you davinsky? 18 point. 54 percent was in love potentially. that's outraged. the campaign office was run by dimitri met viet yet hooton's former subordinate

from his time in saint petersburg, who was little known at the time with hello, are you dammit, talk to me via lift bus with with good, got it, got it. and co overgon the far east. all the reindeers have voted there. in fact, the campaign managers were experienced political operators who could take advantage of the administrative resources provided by former and future federal ministers.

heads of the presidential staff and media and sociological serve his bosses. once the public opinion, a little sasha, what's the forecast of 151 percent. 09.7. dear. oh dear. oh wow. so what are your data sucks when you're done with this is anatoly to bice co chairman of the union of right forces the center, right? democrats were in fact the only non governmental parliamentary party to support putin in the election with joy. and so we'll go over this with us or not sure we would have been, we've been study when promote say you didn't started warning as you william leveled . deborah mitchell was dr. jimmy also huge. i've also each of those

growth that we're not with. okay, you know, the point of it still can yeltsin hadn't expected to see gorbachev. it was probably the 1st time since 1991 pro yeltsin had practically overthrown the president of the u. s. i saw a knew perfectly well. what happens to allstate, leaders in russia, as long as yelled, seen was president x president. gorbachev simply disappeared. even from tv screens . maybe that's why yeltsin himself had thought so hard about his successor in advance was living. i am sicker, it belong, leonel is news. oh, oh, oh my none the election results are coming out before. ha ha won't announce it now. they might wait until 9 months. the lecture is also

coming up with is done. the schedule usually with is region it is ora with zillow. oh luigi. i steve. okay, lou. oh, with glen. yep. are your people working here? what about seniors tv and then we went to the stations this morning. sure would be fine with maybe just go with vladimir vladimir image. ah, you know be hello glenn. oh, good evening. tatiana dia, tinka cooling, i've, i've heard of how many i've already voucher at 60 percent, where she's moscow let us down. mr. was he's more so we can already drink champagne, taking small sips,

or i can a very small subset of i'll tell gina to get the champagne bags of you're supposed to be attacking during the last he is a bars yelton's presidency when his health was causing a lot of problems, the concept of family was established in the public consciousness. the success of the state administration was attributed to this family. tatiana played an important role in the whole process. thank tanya. could you live without politics or not anymore? because to me that yeah i can easy. busy mean, i don't believe it's what when you think it is right, i can, but i'm so married a bull number of it was super me another minute. but in just a do it you want, if you got lots of more through each of these, of them you don't, the boy is your own should should go for this without me the one with the law and

the losing my when it's you'll well welcome to little girl was done with her. so say it now we can start drinking champagne, taking very small sense, you know. good. so poor that glass of champagne got gone quick about it. it was obvious that the issue of succession wouldn't have been resolved as easily without tatiana planning. mary smells like cook. 4 of you kick me mother. know. there are a lot of us. there are many of us organ vitale stop filling. what we get got is this. oh hello. really? well, i can't believe it. look good. so it was have a tree to now it's

over with 11210. yes. the election has been confirmed as we were hoping to see what i mean. so that's good and good with i don't believe that we'd have one anyway, on the same 1st round or 2nd with them with lena, which one with a you know, to dan and drain your glasses. one way that i can bet it will be this way. they have already made a bit report of something from dead z. that's why you did what you thought you had to do to w appointed a person and let people see if he was up to a job and they so that he was invited for him. and i mean, he wouldn't appoint

a bad person, but he chose from among so many a picked him up from the 20 candidates within 4 months. my stopped at him that came up. who else was on the list by those as well? 20 candidate no need to go through them all. i stopped him and started working with a dad the latest figures. it's 51.2 percent continued to tell you a. busy job with a bunch of the go. oh god, make us and gave it again. me. that'll was such a sad face. a switch to and tv people are going to be a good man to live here. cheers a to the election. oh.

what, what do you, dad, i'm putting you through to balancing your massive this is a, i know that you're not familiar with this model yet. it works like this with hello. i am not familiar with his model. yeah. but it's curious that valentino marcia was the 1st person yeltsin called alta putin's victory to life. oh, when it oh sure. yes we are. hello, congratulations of god. oh, it's great for those is great. i see. i see what acts i owe you one that annoy, but only as far as one can understand. yeltsin was thanking his former chief of staff for something. that's it. mamma dad,

finally free loud. the main thing is in the 1st round. why did you call vladimir vladimir? of ich her lady william ship was when you go for that, here are your let me do it. i miss the what is her good evening or congratulations on the 1st result of the elections. namely, i'd like to talk to vladimir, vladimir over 14. yeah. all right, i'll hang up everything will be grice that will come back a

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