@dynastianofficial: In 1993, a bitter struggle for power between Russian President Boris Yeltsin and parliament pushed the young post-Soviet state into a constitutional crisis. On September 21, Yeltsin issued Decree No. 1400, dissolving parliament and calling new elections. Russia’s Constitutional Court ruled the decree unconstitutional and said Yeltsin’s actions provided grounds for removing him from office. Parliament then declared his presidential powers terminated and named Vice President Alexander Rutskoy acting president.