 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Musi waDecember 31, 1999, Mutungamiriri weNyika Yeltsin akangoerekana asiya basa, achibva apa chigaro chacho kumutungamiriri wehurumende akanga achangobva kugadzwa nomutsivi wake akasarudzwa, Vladimir Putin. Yeltsin akasiya basa rake asingafarirwi nevakawanda, achitenderwa nevanhu vashoma kusvika pa2 maererano nedzimwe ongororo. Putin ipapo akakunda sarudzo dzomutungamiri wenyika dza2000, uye akadzvinyirira kupandukira kweChechen. Somugumisiro wemitengo yakakwirira yemafuta, kuwedzera kwekudyara kwekunze, uye hutano hwehupfumi uye hwemari, hupfumi hweRussia hwakakura zvikuru; kunatsiridza zvakanyanya mararamiro eRussia, uye kuwedzera simba rayo mune zvematongerwe enyika. Putin akapfuurira kukunda nguva yechipiri youtungamiri muna 2004. 