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Impeachment of thepresident of the Russian Federation is part of the parliamentary procedure of theFederal Assembly of Russia and provides a legal way of removing the Russian president from office.

The impeachment procedure was carried out three times. All three times were againstPresidentBoris Yeltsin, and all three attempts failed.

In accordance with the current Russian legislation, the removal from office of the president is regulated by article 93 of theConstitution.^[1] It provides for indictment (impeachment) by theState Duma and should be accompanied by the opinion of theSupreme Court of Russia andConstitutional Court of Russia on observance of prescribed procedure for charging. After indictment, the decision to remove a president from office is voted on by theFederation Council.

The decision of the State Duma to indict and the decision of the Federation Council to remove the president from office must be accepted by two thirds of the respective chambers (300 and 114 votes respectively). The initiative to vote on indictment must be supported by no fewer than one third (150) of deputies of the State Duma and the conclusion of a special commission formed by the State Duma. The decision of the Federation Council on removal from office of the president of the Russian Federation must be accepted by vote no later than three months after the bringing of charges by the State Duma against the president. If within this period the Federation Council does not vote for removal, charges against the president shall be considered rejected.

The deprivation of an ex-president of his or her immunity is regulated in the same way by Article 93.

Date	President	Accusation(s)	Result
March 28, 1993	Boris Yeltsin	Violation of the Constitution	Impeachment is not adopted, as the vote for impeachment by the deputies failed to reach the 689 majority (617/689).
September 22, 1993		Violation of the Constitution	Boris Yeltsinde jurewas dismissed, and the performance of duties of the president have been entrusted to thevice presidentAlexander Rutskoy. However, Yeltsin de facto remained in office and declared the dissolution of theSupreme Soviet. Later, the conflict escalated intoarmed confrontation, which resulted in Yeltsin retaining his power.[2]See1993 Russian constitutional crisis
May 11–15, 1999		Collapse of the Soviet Union 1993 constitutional crisis The outbreak ofWar in Chechnya The weakening the country's defense Thegenocide of the Russian people	Impeachment is not adopted, as none of the charges had achieved the required 300 votes. The charge which achieved the highest number of votes was that concerning the War in Chechnya, which obtained 283 votes.[3]

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