In March 1990 the Third Extraordinary Congress...
before. At noon Vladimir Putin walked to the fanfare of trumpets into the St. Andrew Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace. The first President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin had entered the same Hall a minute earlier. Shortly before, army servicemen dressed in the uniforms of the Russian soldiers of the 1812 Patriotic War had brought the National Flag of the Russian Federation, and the Presidential Standard, the Special Copy of the Constitution, and the Presidential Emblem.Having put his right hand on the Constitution, Vladimir Putin took the oath of service: "In performing my duties as the President of the Russian Federation, I pledge to respect and protect the rights and liberties of every citizen; to observe and protect the Constitution of the Russian Federation; to protect the sovereignty and independence, security and integrity of the state and to serve the people faithfully." After this the Chairman of the Constitutional Court Marat Baglai officially declared
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