Kak El'tsin preemnika vybiral - Zen'kovich Nikolai

On December 31, 1999, in connection with the early resignation of Russian President B.N. Yeltsin, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin became acting president.
For many potential heirs, this came as a shock. Meanwhile, the new head of state was waiting for the most difficult tests: to the acute Kremlin intrigues and fighting in Chechnya added the death of the nuclear submarine cruiser "Kursk" in the Barents Sea, explosions in the center of Moscow, a fire at the Ostankin TV tower ...
But until now, many in Russia and the world are wondering how a little-known Kremlin official managed to take Russia's top post?
This is the question that the well-known Russian author Nikolai Szenkiewicz answers in his new book.