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In March 1990 the Third Extraordinary Congress...
of Russia. Having put his right hand on the Constitution, Boris Yeltsin read out the oath of service to the Russian people. The Standard of the President was raised above the cupola of the Kremlin presidential residence to the sounds of the National Anthem.Moscow and all-Russian Patriarch Alexy II blessed Boris Yeltsin into the office. "Glory" by composer Mikhail Glinka and artillery salvos crowned the ceremony.
This was the birth of the symbols of the new Russia.
Later, the President instituted the Presidential Standard and Emblem. These new insignia were present at Boris Yeltsin's second inauguration ceremony on July 3, 1996.
The inauguration of Vladimir Putin, elected by popular vote at the early elections on March 26, 2000, took place on May 7, 2000.
The inauguration ceremony started at 11.45 a.m. For the first time in recent years, the presidential motorcade entered the Kremlin though the Savior Gates, which had been shut for cars
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