Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin ( ; born 2 March 1952 ) is a Russian politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of Russia in 1999 . Prior to this he had been appointed as federal security minister by President Boris Yeltsin in 1994 , a position from which he resigned from in 1995 as a consequence of the Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis . Subsequent to his tenure as Prime Minister he served as Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of Russia from 2000 until 2013
Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis
Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis
Sergei Stepashin