Vladimir Putin won.
Putin won the subsequent 2000 Presidential election by a 53 % to 30 % margin , thus avoiding a runoff with his Communist Party of the Russian Federation opponent , Gennady Zyuganov .	Russian	Russian nationality	2000 Presidential election	Russian presidential election, 2000	Communist Party of the Russian Federation	Communist Party of the Russian Federation	Gennady Zyuganov	Gennady Zyuganov
