Putin’s First Election, March 2000 | National Security Archive (nsarchive.gwu.edu)

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U.S. Embassy deemed process “reasonably free and fair”
Putin drew 53%, not today’s purported 87% 2000 popularity based on tough Chechnya policy, image of vigorous leader, pension increases
What Embassy called “first ever democratic transfer of power” in Russia was managed transition to hand-picked successor

I share this not to suggest it is perfectly accurate regarding the actual history, but to show that the US did not doubt the legitimacy of Putin’s first election, according to US embassy documents.

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