On today's date in 1999: Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin became acting president upon President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%9F%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD_%2818-06-2023%29_%28cropped%29.jpg #history #grownostr