FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a gala concert at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia December 26, 2019. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin was named acting president on Dec. 31, 1999, by then-president Boris Yeltsin. He has been in office as president or prime minister ever since, a period spanning two decades.
Here are some highlights of Putin's 20 years in power:
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