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on your mobile and free chest form fee. dolly's e learning course, eco's vague. 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, maybe half forgotten, i will remind you that the times and deer is changed surprisingly regularly in 20th century russia. in 1917, the bolsheviks overthrew the tsar and replaced him with a communist government for the following 70 years. then in 1991, after may, shall gorbachev's perestroika reforms. the russian people overthrew the reds 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 health started to fail. 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. 0

have you opened your present yet? not yet. it is a patient vitale. journals. is this for me? yes sir. yes young girls mothers look mommy's, i'm wrapping up. present. oh, with the

the presence of that come on them. who gets this one done via the talk lights and lollipops i need get now show your happiness and how do you like the chocolate? it will. yeah. me. i love them by no. are the of a you have no present? have you know, the old has no present to load, but then we're thing, there's you the songs with lyrics? her lucia, natalie. any success with the television? i really gung nothing to add new content around with it. she bought a new year present for everyone. but what about you all look at you dear. no, it's a more sure. he's just please go. shambria bush. yeah. to proceed. hell. address the people at midnight he

attend. stop it, let me relax. why you stalking me so 1st mom, stop it with mom. oh oh oh yeah. oh oh. oh, oh, oh dear. oh there is. yeah. yeah, i opened the door. would you do me free, get lost with your camera. this is my chronicle. double. good enough harassing us with your chronicle. leave us alone. we're human beings to a more r e is a tony. it's enough that 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. come in, would you like me to say something high plan in front of a camera? please? i told you i'm shocked cuz i have not got the firm hand that the people are so fond of again. those. let's see how he'll ties in this group. 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 with that? most of some of the i do. you know, so why are you this difficult talk to me that the but i think it's a nightmare go oh, 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. the wall is a gray mouse here, blue barrel. you oh, i know what it does he take on new year's eve who

has now who'll address us at midnight. and well, more new generation is coming. you. let's just fail me. you won't be afraid of us again with your saddle. god. i hate. i hate to hear, i see that they have already been struck by dealers with movie oh yeah. go in my ah

ah. did you lose you? see with a bit of this is chisola. see what he said, calisha you wish looking at you seemed one

day to get over the copy of the teacher, david said, you know, said you got the a border. he had to wait, but he didn't. i see putting you'll have senior rekey what stuff but i see when media about it. so starting that i get to see that you said you should see we're going to me. i was losing. huh. i guess let's go over this with this kid is 3. he said to stay yet, but he didn't finish. jeremy putin took the russian federation over from boris yeltsin, who stepped down voluntarily. he to could, over complete with its constitution, national flag and anthem, the basic symbols of the new and democratic russia 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 sober analysis of what was actually happening. at the same time, russians were supposed to get used to the idea of a new president. during these very days, i started shooting a p r film that was supposed to be used in putin's election campaign. we'll do it this way, then we'll, we'll order you about a little bit about 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 a bullish debility store. our main goal is to make people believe in everything we say and do that. ours is a heartfelt position of rhetoric dictated only and solely by considerations of the national interests fall into 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 a glad hand if with anybody they could do just a glitch glove again as he from doris left you which in front of me 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 grant, 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.

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 was quantity. these thoughts? are you going to have a ticket? will you participate in 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 of the so called tv debate is one of the tv

campaign spots even more so that's advertising. i love it. 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. oh, that was true. put in didn't sink to the level of campaign spots or t v 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 putin's 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 rush 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 to clamor louder and louder. calling for

a thumb 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. at the end of one working day, put in, accepted an offer to go to the site of the 1st block of flats that have been blown up in moscow.

begin my 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 fs be offices to plant similar sacks of the r d. x explosive, in the basements of a block of flat scenery as an came out by accident. and led to some serious questions for the authorities. limited 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 the warranty to, to reach the aims of the terrorists? yes. can you check this down with issues?

some of i do not believe any sane person can ever choose to commit such an act to blow up a building with people in it. innocent people. so at night and yet moving your clothes neither i yes. you are. it's really, it's beyond me though. it's unbelievable. just unbelievable, isn't it? it's in human cruelty. if the lives in a financial system with us, we must understand that we can only cover this with force. otherwise we won't. we won't safeguard our state and protect our people. use this was the one you were doing commercial fit, the regular teacher issue,

and you could just only expect the financial especially if you did it to me at the state school uniform which is good. i do just have to go to the demo. i'm like you can, you still have to have a good get out there with another. i knew it was italian. let's go. do you really think we have to vote? yes, i do. even if nothing depends on us, at least we won't be voting for communism. so matter not to tell. oh so let's go anyway. it's, 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,

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with, with annual with nobody it with with the other with washing maybe to go the older 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 ballot with his daughter and grand daughter. may i ask who you will vote for a white and sake? are you voting to gorbachev didn't tanza here i did, but having cost his boat, he couldn't resist having a drink with his former colleagues. yes, i tell you and the ones patients you did with

yahoo, but i just, i just wanted to say that i am proud that i was the 1st to speak at the congress school. i said the president of the ussr should be elected immediately and it should be only one candidate. we all remember more and with a long me, oh, i know 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 it. you could have agreed to become the president for 15 years. i've met you that will full. then this post should that been introduced to, to who i did. i would still be general secretary, let me go over with you wouldn't again say completed deal with a program with you to see what you were your, just like napoleon authorities at 1st elected 1st console for 4 years and then for life we go from here on the left us inhaler, the fellow who but it it will i

meanwhile, boris yeltsin was surrounded by his family and waiting for the 1st election results . but but other weaknesses me, my daily routine must certainly change her. yet the glucose that has already the li, near the constant pressure is coming up. please chef this. all of russia on your shoulders every hour, every day the problems are pressing. something has happened year or their decisions have to be taken at thousands of papers, signed daily, thousands to thousands the piece. it's a constant pile of the cold. it's a hell of a java. it had a water. has it as hard now? it's not pressing any more to push to lose just the routine work lived on.

and now the burden is on. vladimir vladimir over 14. it says okay, now would you go cordele? i gave him a 6 month head start on purposeful gone. so that pastor, being elected a is go to, he could make use of the experience he had gained as acting president over was still in the good peace cornell does not. in other words, says head of the russian government for host those who are football of toner. so that was the importance of 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, prof, addressing the people and telling them, watch him to sign so they could evaluate his work. that's thing he did this bullshit. it was all done. so democratically and honestly, i was amazed. he esna you actually you are the agent who was wrong. his rating of

rows from true to 50 percent. right? yeah. you know it, oh, buckle. it was all due to his work which should couple 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, well, they was the tips tv 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 sar carlene, was in deals with the problems in the far east. one of us is once it easy to take your 31st of december decision, digital know what his heart needs to am. pacific, calmness of 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 house acting, president of russia, i see it today. did you have to persuade him to light it? look shinny arousal. you didn't agree immediately. so i was also was hills appear, of course, met 1st. we just got acquainted. why cut? why little vanya come here? why little bit with on your cheeks, i just like alice. oh, so who do i have to vote for vanya tell grandpa you voted for it. was, it was the video, this is a global self. now good. good. ok,

so there he said it aloud is wrong with ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, thank written he pronounced it so funny. oh, fun. yeah. how do you call preaching up? yeah, good afternoon. i'm reading a he says, ready, member id marriage with you one that union a translator. i mean, why would you go over the people? would you wish you hadn't got adequately want some candy with you miss with the reading of an a t a book take with anyone we live in that i see somebody with blue sheet with it that uses it up

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 putin's campaign office in the press, it had the biggest headquarters and all the senior state officials were involved. elizabeth was, let's see what's happening in moscow. moscow, 46.71 percent i didn't know. take a book with us. we'll see tomorrow with he st. petersburg is fine. i i do. chicago was and how many votes has krisha? got you? if lensky? 18.54 percent with him of potentially that's about welch.

the campaign office was run by dimitri met viet. yep. hooton's former subordinate from his time in st. petersburg, who was little known at the time with the lawyer the with hello. so you damn it, talk to me via littlest, by us, 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. what's the public opinion level, sasha? what's the forecast over 51 percent? oh boy, $9.00 darrow do it? oh so what your data sucks to deal 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 at the end of july. and so we'll go over this with us or not sure we would have been, we've been study went from say, just getting started warning as you william ronald. deborah mitchell was dustin also gauge. i've also is rose growth

with voting genuine over the quite a bit. so can yeltsin hadn't expected to see gorbachev. it was probably the 1st time since 1991. 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 success in advance . what would be why i am sicker it belongs to melissa. oh, oh, oh mama, none the election results are coming out before mom. she won't announce it now. they might wait until 9 months. the lecture is also coming up

immediately is done. the schedule usually with is region it is or, or for the zillow. oh, luigi. i stephen mckoko. very lou, we'll go with glen camp. are your people working here? what about senior senior man? we went to the stations this morning with one with maybe just got was that a miracle and a mirror image. ah, yes i w. hello glenn. oh, good evening, tatiana dia, tinka cooling. i've, i've heard about how many i've already voted at 60 percent, where she's moscow's let us down. mr. was, he's more the so we can already drink champagne,

taking small sips. all right, let very small steps. i'll tell gina to get the champagne bags of you're supposed to be at the bottom during the last 2 years at 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. they, 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 worried. a bull number. oh, of course it was super me another minute, but it would be just a do it vision. if you got lots of worship, which of these of them don't,

the ball is your own, should should go for the forgot to tell me the law i've been, i've been to losing my when it's you'll well well go to little girl. what 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 is just gonna go on quick about it. it was obvious that the issue of succession wouldn't have been resolved as easily without tatiana planning, mary smells said to cook. 4 of you kick me mother. know. there are a lot of us. there are many of us organ. vitale stop feeling. what we get got is this live really? i can't believe it. look good. so it was harvey treat to

now it's over. we have one here on the yes the election has been confirmed as we were hoping to see what i mean. a good with will be there, we'd have one anyway, all the same 1st round or 2nd with the my be lina, which one with a and train your glasses. one way that i can bet it will be this way. i've already made a bit report of something for you. 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 the job and they saw that he was

indicted for him. and i mean, he wouldn't appoint a bad person, but he chose from among so many of the b o picked him up from 20 candidates within 4 months. my stopped at him that came to florida. who else was on the list as well? 20 candidate with no need to go through the mob. i stopped him and started working with a dad. the latest figures, it's 51.2 percent. continue to tell you a job with both of you can about you have to go. oh god, mckesson gave it again. me. that'll was such a sad face. a switch to and tv people are gonna be a good man to live here. cheers a to the election.

but what did you, dad? i'm putting you through to balancing you massive. this is a i know that you're not familiar with this model yet. it works like this with zillow with, i'm not familiar with his model. yeah. but it's curious that valentine you, marsha was person yeltsin cold after putins victory. oh boy. oh. when it oh sure. yes. oh, congratulations. oh god. oh, it's great. so god is great. i see. i see what acts i owe you one lawyer, 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? ah, let me what image it was when i go with it here or here, let me do it. i miss the what is your good evening? a 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 with

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