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full slide now. governance. okay ma'am tree. 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 have forgotten. i will remind you that the times and deer is changed surprisingly regularly in 20th century russia. in 1917, the bolsheviks overthrew the czar and replaced him with a communist government for the following 70 years. then in 1991 after mikhail gorbachev, 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

soon have you opened your present yet? not yet. do you so patient vitale. journals. as for me? yes sir. yes young girls. well, they look like a mummies. i'm wrapping up present. oh with although the presence of that come on them,

but who gets this one done yet to talk lights and lollipops. he gallagher show your happiness and how do you like the chocolate who's young? may i love them? no audio they you have no present. have you know, the old has no, there hasn't been loads but there were thing. there's you the songs with lyrics her luncheon, natalia, any success with the television? i really gum. yeah. well, nothing to add new content around lucille will feel she bought a new year present for everyone. but what about you all look at you dear. no, it's a surety more sure. issue for your school. shamrock bush. yeah. to go for

a c o l address the people at midnight. he attend stuff and let me relax. why you stalking me. the 1st mom. stop it with mom. oh oh oh yeah. 00000000 yeah. i opened the door. would you do me free? get lost with your camera. this is my chronicle. no volcano enough harassing us with your chronicle. leave us alone. we are human beings. to a more r e is vitale. 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, flat in front of a camera, please? i told you, i'm shocked. 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 that most of some of the can. why do you so why are you this difficult talk to me that the, i think it's a nightmare go. 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. the wall is a gray mouse here, blue barrel. you oh, i know what it does he take on new year's eve. laura,

who now will address. i said midnight of support and well, more new generation is coming. you. let's just fail me. mute the world will be afraid of us again. was the yes yeah. put yourself all the way i can. i see that they have a with movie j o l i e in my ah

ah. then you lose you see with a bit of this is priscilla. i see, but he said, oh, yes, i wish looking at you seemed one day to get away with the company at the teacher,

david said, you know said you got the a border. he had to wait but he didn't. i see putting elisha weak. you what stuff and i still mean yeah. i, but i think starting that a year to see that you said you should see we're going to me. i was living, i business going with this with this. she the city he said to stay yet 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 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 the new president. during these very days, i started shooting a p r film that was supposed to be used in putin's election campaign. this will do it this way. then we'll, we'll order you about a little but it, by 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 today, i noticed that even as acting, president, putin was already clearly embodying traits that some worship and others demonize. some a bullish debility store, our main goal is to make people believe and everything we say and do that. ours is a heartfelt position over every dictated only and solely by considerations of the national interests for it. just that one of the was, this is the key to success. if people believe that, that's the main thing doesn't, 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 there was anything else, but i think it was a glitch. glove. again, as doris loved you, which unbundled with me, it was with 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 stalingrad

and then promptly on all the rush and tv channels turned the spotlight on to the heroes of the new victorious war in chechnya. ah ah hey, lockwood, e c. o o. 2 and a half months of non existent electioneering went according to planned. putin managed to visit 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.

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, he's not so you're going to have only will you participate in any tv debates? 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 them. 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 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 writings 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 had been blown up in moscow.

in 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 f s b officers to plant similar sacks of the r d. x 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. really to 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 down us with vicious for that 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 close. neither i yes you are. it's really, it's beyond me though. it's unbelievable. just unbelievable is this. it's in human cruelty. it's the lesson of financially speaking 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. duties. ready this would be what the, what you were doing because your commercial fit regular with the teacher issue and

you can just only expand the financial. ready privacy to me at the state school uniform, which is good. i do just have to go to where she's done. i'm like you can you still have to have a good get out there with another i knew you were 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, matter to tell. 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, let's go and load it. huh.

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

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with daniel to feel about that it is with the other with affordable, with admission that they need to go to 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 with it, but having cost his boat, he couldn't resist having a drink with his former colleagues. yes. how much again the once patients you did with

with 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 it should be only one candidate. we all remember more and with long me, oh, they tried to persuade me they should. you should agree for 2 or 3 years. oh wow. i am able to deliver. nobody is 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 and it would still be general secretary. so let me go over with you when i get sick and see deal with you soon, but not will your, just like napoleon, stories at 1st elected 1st console for 4 years and then for life. good on the notice inhaler, the fellow who put it in both it.

meanwhile, boris yeltsin was surrounded by his family and waiting for the 1st election results . but by the other 2 who you can use these means, my daily routine must certainly change for you at the glucose that has already the li, near the constant pressure, and i screwed up the 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 sky. it's a constant pile of the cold. it's a hell of a java or was it? has it? yes or no. 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, you know, the, you know, quarter i gave him a 6 month head start on purpose for one. so that after being elected, who's got a bill to, he could make use of the experience he had gained as acting. president obama was still in the good peace panell business, and other words says, head of the russian government for hostiles who laughable 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 talking about a protege or something or some chip. but yet when you acted so decently, but addressing the people and telling them watch him to sign so they could evaluate his work. that thing he did this book and it was all done. so democratically and honestly, i was amazed. he esna, you actually hewitt adrian, who was wrong. his ratings rose from true to 50 percent. right. you know it. oh,

buckle. it was all due to his were should because he did not have any special campaign advertising or t v spots. so when you click on that already, can you go to you? he visits the region where deals with the problems i'm here just putting your mom. he goes to yvonne, oh, any sorts of problems in the textile industry? who i know was it was that you see the appropriate moment he goes to caused by son . sorts out the miners, property else. oh, great. well, my goal is to come chat. gower, with a sar carlene, was in deals with the problems in the far east. one of us is, was it easy to take your 31st of december decision yet digital now it was hard on the cfo, me a strange as it may seem. after that, i felt better because i knew you are the things i said to my for sort, full explained to my ministers in the presidential staff and would you like you and

then to vladimir vladimir rich himself. i explained to him 4 times. he all cut the poor yeoman. we had meetings with years of state. eventually he got the message that the idea was to transfer power to hampton for next to his acting president of russia. i see it's the did you have to persuade him? alive looking is arousal, you didn't agree immediately, so i was also was hills for bureaus. for my 1st we just got acquainted late. why little vanya come here? why little yvonne and your cheeks are just like after i was 14. 0 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 go routine. ok,

so there is 100 allowed in europe will go. oh boy, oh, bravo, cotton atlanta. how is he saying didn't he pronounces it so funny? oh, fun. yeah. how do you call preaching? yeah, good luck. i mean, she wasn't a id member id. marriage wasn't one that you get a translator. i mean, why would you go over the people will do it? i want some candy. i phone with you with a t on the book. it is. you're going to go, so i yeah. but when we hear all of it, i see somebody that they get happy with it though you set it up

with a bunch with what's the name of the story they didn't 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 with was let's see what's happening in moscow. pasco, 46.71 percent i didn't notice fungus. her book will go out. i'm sure we'll see, to morrow with he. st. petersburg is fine, i go to progress with and how many votes has krisha got? you davinsky? 18.54 percent with with him of tissue. that's an outrage.

the campaign office was run by dimitri met via jeff hooton's former subordinate from his time in saint petersburg, who was little known at the time with the lawyer, the with a fellow zeal dammit, talk to me via little of the us with got it. got it's john coy over in 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 51 percent poor now i'm point 7. dear rhoda with. so what your data sucks when you're done with this is anatoly to lie. so 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 a choice. so we'll go over this with our national. we would have been, we've been study, went from nazi he just became a started for news you william ronald. deborah mitchell was dr. jimmy also huge.

i've also each of those growth that we've got with really on the quote it still 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 ousted leaders in russia, as long as yelled seen was president x president. gorbachev simply disappeared. even from tv screams. maybe that's why yeltsin himself had thought so hard about his success in advance. what would be? am sicker it belongs to melissa? oh, oh oh my mom, the lecture is also coming up for mom just won't announce it now. they might wait until 9 months. the lecture is also coming up

with the usual with his region. it is ora or for the zillow. oh, luigi. i still. okay with the missouri with glen. yep. are your people working here? what about seniors tv and then we went to the stations this morning. sure. which one would maybe just go with vladimir vladimir of ish. ah, you are we? hello glenn. oh, good evening. tatiana dia tinka calling. i wonder 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 loving it. all right, they're very small steps. i'll tell gina to get the champagne bags packed of yourself to be at the bottom 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 that tonya, could you live without politics or not anymore? because somebody that yeah, i can easy. mean, i don't believe it's what when you think it has a busy i can, but i'm so worried. a bull number of mccormick was super me one of them. but in just a do it vision. if you got the dwarf with,

don't the boy is your own should. should the affordable care you don't need a plumber? the law i've been out in the losing my when it's, you'll well, a little girl with her. so say, now we can start drinking champagne, taking very small sense, you know. good so poor that glass of champagne is just go and quick about it. it was obvious that the issue of succession wouldn't have been resolved as easily without tatiana planning, mary smells, that book to cook. for of you me, mother know there are a lot. 1 of us there are many of us organ vitale stop filling up the yet. got is this. oh really? i can't believe it. look with so it was huh. they treat it

now it's over with 11 with the election has been confirmed as we were hoping she threw up a meeting with i think with that we'd have one anyway. on the same 1st round or 2nd. with the, i'm a little bit lena with one with a dad and train your glasses. one way that i can bet it will be this way. i've already made a bet with a dead sea. 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 in place so that he was invited for him. and he wouldn't appoint

a bad person with chalice from among so many people. oh, picked him out from 20 candidates within 4 months, my stopped at hansa, came to florida, who else was all molested by those? well, 20 candidates no need to go to the mom. i stopped him and started working with a dad the latest figures. it's 51.2 percent. infinity so you oh sure. yeah. the grass before i walk a little just go listen. yeah. just a bunch of them. oh god, make us a gave it again. mean we got a why such a sad face related so oh, a switch to and tv. people are going to be a good man to live here. cheers. i go up on

a do the election. oh good. what do you, dad? i'm putting you through to balancing you massive earth. mm hm . yeah. i know you're not familiar with this model yet. it works like this with hello. when i'm not familiar with his model. yeah. it's curious that valentino marsha was the 1st person yeltsin cold alta putins victory to like oh when oh sure yes. alpha, congratulations of god. oh, it's great. hello donald is great. i see we're i'm see what acts i owe you. one i'm lawyer, but only as far as one can understand. yeltsin was thanking his former chief of

staff for something that's it. mama, dad, finally free loud. the main thing is in the 1st round. why did you call vladimir vladimir? of ich lead? you wouldn't even ship us when you go for that here. let me do it with miss. nobody here. good evening. a congratulations on the 1st results 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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