Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev lay flowers at a monument of first Russian President Boris Yeltsin in Yekaterinburg, Russia November 25, 2015. REUTERS/Alexander Astafyev/Sputnik/Pool
YEKATERINBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday inaugurated a museum dedicated to Boris Yeltsin, the former president whose legacy, many former Yeltsin associates say, Putin has spent the past 15 years dismantling.
When an ailing and unpopular Yeltsin announced on New Year's Eve 1999 that he was stepping down, he anointed Putin as his successor but since then the Russian leader has distanced himself from his predecessor.
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