Ceremony of transfer of power to V.V. Putin in the Kremlin

Russia. Moscow. Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, appointed acting President of the Russian Federation, Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin, who announced his resignation as President of the Russian Federation (from left to right in the foreground), Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office of the Russian Federation Alexander Stalievich Voloshin (in the background), Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Borisovich Rushailo, Director of the Federal Security Service of Russia Nikolay Platonovich Patrushev and Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Sergei Borisovich Ivanov (from left to right in the third background) during the official ceremony of transfer of power in the Kremlin. Alexander Sentsov, Alexander Chumichev/TASS