The first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Russia" id="mwAWw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of Russia">President of Russia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin" id="mwAW0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Boris Yeltsin">Boris Yeltsin</a>, resigns from office, leaving <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Russia" id="mwAW4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prime Minister of Russia">Prime Minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" id="mwAW8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acting_President_of_Russia" id="mwAXA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Acting President of Russia">acting President</a> and successor.