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In 1999 an individual named Volodymyr Putin seizes power in the Ukraine. His personal characteristics match those of Vladimir Putin from OTL - except he is from the Ukraine and is a Ukrainian nationalist.
Russia meanwhile contnues to be ruled by Boris Yeltsin at least for the foreseeable future.