He left the KGB in 1990 and became an ally of liberal Anatoly Sobchak, the mayor of St Petersburg, whom he met during his study. He first became Mr. Sobchak's head of external relations and then served as deputy mayor from March 1994. When Mr Sobchak lost power in 1996 it was another liberal, deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Chubais, who recommended him for a job in the presidential administration. There he rose to be deputy chief-of-staff before being asked, in July 1998, to take charge of one of Russia's new security services, the Federal Security Bureau (FSB), replacing Nikolai Kovalyov. Subsequently, President Boris Yeltsin appointed him as head

These act where basically motivated for the same reason as the arrest of Khodorkov; for Putin to flex his muscles and show that his administration means business. Even though this comes at the expense of the citizens, it really does show him to be an Authoritarian and against the civil liberties of the Gorbechov era.

Putin’s ideal governmental structure is to deal with the least amount of legislators he can. This proves to be a way to keep elections meaningful, however too centralize and consolidate the power of his administration to a better level. His plan is rather than introduce laws directly into the Duma (Legislator); he would discuss them with Duma faction leaders who would be able to suggest amendments and changes. Following such discussion, the procedure would strengthen the position of faction leaders and weaken that of the chamber as a whole.

Putin has made some enemies by being an authoritarian, namely an ex-Oligarch named Boris Berezovsky. Berezovsky was the owner of the television network ORT and also created Aeroflot airline’s to make himself a multi-billionaire, he now resides in Britain. He claims that Putin administration used strong-arm tactics to try to sell pieces of his network, and airlines to the state.

of the powerful Security Council. After Boris Yeltsin sacked Sergei Stepashin in August 1999, he became Russia's prime minister. On the last day of the 20th century, Boris Yeltsin resigned and appointed him as acting president. Presidential elections were held on March 26, 2000. Putin received 52.94 percent of all votes. The inauguration took place on May 7, 2000.

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