Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:

WHO is Mr Putin? That was the question on everyone's lips 18 years ago when Vladimir Putin, then an obscure government official, was handed the keys to the Kremlin by Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Against all expectations and with great political acumen, Mr Putin used the vast powers of the

Hypothesis: Vladimir Putin was handed the keys to the Kremlin by Russian President Boris Yeltsin more than 21 years ago.