12月31日莫斯科时间12时,叶利钦通过俄罗斯最大的电视台——“俄罗斯公共电视台”向俄罗斯人民发表新年讲话。人们以为是与往年一样的新年致词,没有太当回事。但是,听着听着,就觉得味道不对了,叶利钦说:“今天,我最后一次作为俄罗斯总统向你们发表讲话。我已经决定,在即将过去的一个世纪的最后一天辞去总统职务……根据宪法我在决定辞职时签署了把俄罗斯总统职权交给政府总 At 12.00 a.m. Moscow time on December 31, Yeltsin delivered a New Year’s speech to the Russian people through Russia’s largest television station, Russia’s Public Television. People think that they are the same New Year’s greetings in previous years, not too serious. However, when listening, I feel that the taste is wrong, and Yeltsin said: ”Today, I spoke to you as president of Russia for the last time and I have decided to resign as president on the last day of the century ... According to Constitution When I decided to resign, I signed the letter of the Russian president to the government