The Acting President of the Russian Federation (Russian:Исполняющий обязанности Президента Российской Федерации) is a temporary post provided by the Constitution of Russia. The Acting President is a person who fulfills the duties of President of the Russian Federation when cases of incapacity and vacancy occur. This post is held by the Prime Minister of Russia.
Incapacity
Prime MinisterViktor Chernomyrdin assumed the role of Acting President when President Boris Yeltsin underwent heart surgery. Chernomyrdin served for one day, from 5 November to 6 November 1996. No major event occurred during the term of Acting President Chernomyrdin.
Vacancy
After Yeltsin's resignation on 31 December 1999, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin served as Acting President until 7 May 2000, when he took office as elected President.
During the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis, Vice PresidentAlexander Rutskoy was named by Parliament as the Acting President when the legislature announced Yeltsin's removal from office. On 21 September 1993 at 12:22a.m., Rutskoy assumed the powers of acting president of Russia. He took the presidential oath, stating, "I am taking the authority of President. The anti-constitutional decree of President Yeltsin is annulled."
An Acting President is a person who temporarily fills the role of an organization's or country's president, either when the substantive president is unavailable (for example ill or on vacation) or when the post is vacant (for example because of death, injury, resignation, or dismissal).
Russia-1 (Russian:Россия-1) is a state-owned Russiantelevision channel founded in 1991. It belongs to the All-Russia State Television and Radio Company (VGTRK). Russia Channel was previously known as RTR (Russian:РТР). Russia-1 has the second largest audience in Russian television. In a typical week, it is viewed by 75% of urban Russians, compared to 83% for the leading channel, Channel One. The two channels are similar in their politics, and they compete directly in entertainment. Russia-1 has many regional variations and broadcasts in many languages.
History
Soviet period
Russia-1 had started in 1965 as Program 3 in the Soviet Union and moved to Channel 2 in 1967 when a new channel, Program 4 (now known as NTV), was officially launched and the Moscow Program, which started in 1956, was transferred to Channel 3. From the very start, it only hosted programs produced by the Ministry of Education of the Soviet Union, as well as children's programming, in monochrome. The move to a new channel frequency resulted in it being renamed Program 2 and becoming the second home of the national newscast Vremya since 1968.
The Arktika class is a Russian (former Soviet) class of nuclear-powered icebreakers; they are the largest and most powerful icebreakers ever constructed. Ships of the Arktika class are owned by the federal government, but were operated by the Murmansk Shipping Company (MSCO) until 2008, when they were transferred to the fully government-owned operator Atomflot. Of the ten civilian nuclear-powered vessels built by Russia (and the Soviet Union), six have been of this type. They are used for escorting merchant ships in the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia as well as for scientific and recreational expeditions to the Arctic.
History
On July 3, 1971, construction began on a conceptual design of a larger nuclear icebreaker, dubbed Arktika, in the Baltic Shipyard in then Leningrad. Four years later, on December 17, 1975, Moscow and Leningrad received radio messages informing them that sea trials had been completed successfully. The newest and largest nuclear icebreaker at the time was ready for the Arctic.
Acting president says Russia is at war with Ukraine
Olexsander Turchinov, acting president of Ukraine, says that Russian supporting separatists have met resistance in Odessa but have found strong support in the east, especially in Donetsk and Luhansk.
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published: 05 May 2014
Ukraine's acting president demands Russia stops 'provocations' in Crimea
Ukraine's acting president Oleksandr Turchynov has urged Russia to stop "provocations" in Crimea and to pull back military forces.
"They are provoking us into a military conflict. According to our intelligence, they are trying to implement the scenario that is very similar to Abkhazia," he said, referring to Russia's intervention in Georgia over breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which have large ethnic Russian populations.
"I'm personally addressing President Putin and demanding that he st...
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Ukraine's acting President Turchynov labels referendum a "farce"; Russian FM Lavrov calls for dialog
(12 May 2014) Ukraine's acting President on Monday called the referendum in eastern Ukraine a "farce".
President Oleksandr Turchynov accused "separatists" of using the referendum as a propaganda tool, and hiding behind the vote while continuing to carry out what he called "awful crimes".
The pro-Russian organisers of the vote said early returns showed an overwhelming majority in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions voted yes to sovereignty, putting turnout in some places as high as 70 percent.
But Turchynov disputed their version of events and maintained that turnout was in fact much lower.
Meanwhile in Moscow, Russia's foreign minister said that the will of the people in Luhansk and Donetsk should be respected, but that it was now up to Kiev and the leaders of the two regions to reach a s...
published: 03 Aug 2015
Ukraine's acting president calls emergency national security meeting
After armed pro-Russian militants seized government buildings in several cities in eastern Ukraine, the country's acting President called a national security meeting. The pro-Russian militants are demanding a referendum of federation. Katie Stallard of our British partner SKY News reports from Donetsk.
published: 13 Apr 2014
Biden urges Russia to 'stop talking and start acting'
In a show of solidarity with Ukraine's embattled interim government, Vice President Biden issued a warning to Russia to follow the agreement struck in Geneva to diffuse tensions. Meanwhile, pro-Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine continued to defy the accord, and Ukraine's acting president announced the resumption of "anti-terrorist" operations against the separatists. Gwen Ifill reports.
published: 22 Apr 2014
Ukraine's acting president blames 'Kremlin agents' for sparking deadly clashes
Pro-Russian supporters have rallied in Donetsk just hours before Crimea decides if it wants to join Russia or not in a referendum.
Tension and security in the city, like elsewhere in eastern Ukraine remains high, after deadly overnight clashes in the east's other main city Kharkiv.
In the capital Kyiv, Ukraine's acting president Oleksander Turchinov slammed Russia, accusing 'Kremlin agents' of fomenting deadly violence.
''There is one law for everybody. Those who try to de-stabilise the s...
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Ukraine's acting president vows to chart new course toward European integration
Ukraine opened a new chapter over the weekend, as former parliamentary speaker Oleksandr Turchynov was made acting president after months of anti-government protests against former leader Viktor Yanukovich.
Shin Se-min reports. Ukraine's new interim president Oleksandr Turchynov has vowed to chart a course toward European integration,
now that Russia-backed president Viktor Yanukovich has been ousted.
Turchynov also said, however, that Ukraine is willing to build relations with Russia in a "new and fair partnership of good neighborly relations."
Meanwhile, parliament has decided to bump up the presidential election by almost a year... to the end of May.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich fled Kiev Saturday and Turchynov was elevated to the presidency in a parliamentary vote.
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published: 24 Feb 2014
'Putin Is Acting Like A True Nazi': Chuck Grassley Laces Into Russia's President
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) condemns Russian President Vladimir Putin for the depraved violence he has visited down on Ukraine and others.
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Ukraine's Acting President Warns of Further Unrest
Efforts by the new government in Kiev to maintain control in the troubled east have stumbled amid a renewed push by militants to seize government buildings. Ukraine's acting president Oleksandr Turchynov said pro-Russian unrest that has shaken two eastern regions must not be allowed to spread.
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published: 30 Apr 2014
Acting Ukraine President compares Vladimir Putin to "fascists of last century"
The acting President and Prime Minister of Ukraine have been reacting to President Vladimir Putin's speech to the Russian Parliament.
Their statements came as Ukraine's Interfax news agency reported one Ukrainian soldier had been shot when Russian troops stormed a military base in Simferopol
"Today the Russian President Vladimir Putin, who likes to talk about fascism copies the fascists of the last century by annexing the territory of an independent state," Acting Ukraine President Oleksandr T...
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Olexsander Turchinov, acting president of Ukraine, says that Russian supporting separatists have met resistance in Odessa but have found strong support in the east, especially in Donetsk and Luhansk.
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Ukraine's acting president Oleksandr Turchynov has urged Russia to stop "provocations" in Crimea and to pull back military forces.
"They are provoking us into ...
Ukraine's acting president Oleksandr Turchynov has urged Russia to stop "provocations" in Crimea and to pull back military forces.
"They are provoking us into a military conflict. According to our intelligence, they are trying to implement the scenario that is very similar to Abkhazia," he said, referring to Russia's intervention in Georgia over breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which have large ethnic Russian populations.
"I'm personally addressing President Putin and demanding that he st...
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Ukraine's acting president Oleksandr Turchynov has urged Russia to stop "provocations" in Crimea and to pull back military forces.
"They are provoking us into a military conflict. According to our intelligence, they are trying to implement the scenario that is very similar to Abkhazia," he said, referring to Russia's intervention in Georgia over breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which have large ethnic Russian populations.
"I'm personally addressing President Putin and demanding that he st...
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(12 May 2014) Ukraine's acting President on Monday called the referendum in eastern Ukraine a "farce".
President Oleksandr Turchynov accused "separatists" of u...
(12 May 2014) Ukraine's acting President on Monday called the referendum in eastern Ukraine a "farce".
President Oleksandr Turchynov accused "separatists" of using the referendum as a propaganda tool, and hiding behind the vote while continuing to carry out what he called "awful crimes".
The pro-Russian organisers of the vote said early returns showed an overwhelming majority in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions voted yes to sovereignty, putting turnout in some places as high as 70 percent.
But Turchynov disputed their version of events and maintained that turnout was in fact much lower.
Meanwhile in Moscow, Russia's foreign minister said that the will of the people in Luhansk and Donetsk should be respected, but that it was now up to Kiev and the leaders of the two regions to reach a solution.
Sergey Lavrov told journalists he felt there was no point in having another four-way meeting between Russia, the United States, the EU and Ukraine after last month's meetings in Geneva.
But he also managed to take a swipe at Western parties for trying to shun responsibility for the situation in Ukraine.
Lavrov's statement suggested that Russia has no plan to annex Luhansk and Donetsk straight away, like it did with Crimea after a similar referendum in March.
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(12 May 2014) Ukraine's acting President on Monday called the referendum in eastern Ukraine a "farce".
President Oleksandr Turchynov accused "separatists" of using the referendum as a propaganda tool, and hiding behind the vote while continuing to carry out what he called "awful crimes".
The pro-Russian organisers of the vote said early returns showed an overwhelming majority in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions voted yes to sovereignty, putting turnout in some places as high as 70 percent.
But Turchynov disputed their version of events and maintained that turnout was in fact much lower.
Meanwhile in Moscow, Russia's foreign minister said that the will of the people in Luhansk and Donetsk should be respected, but that it was now up to Kiev and the leaders of the two regions to reach a solution.
Sergey Lavrov told journalists he felt there was no point in having another four-way meeting between Russia, the United States, the EU and Ukraine after last month's meetings in Geneva.
But he also managed to take a swipe at Western parties for trying to shun responsibility for the situation in Ukraine.
Lavrov's statement suggested that Russia has no plan to annex Luhansk and Donetsk straight away, like it did with Crimea after a similar referendum in March.
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After armed pro-Russian militants seized government buildings in several cities in eastern Ukraine, the country's acting President called a national security me...
After armed pro-Russian militants seized government buildings in several cities in eastern Ukraine, the country's acting President called a national security meeting. The pro-Russian militants are demanding a referendum of federation. Katie Stallard of our British partner SKY News reports from Donetsk.
After armed pro-Russian militants seized government buildings in several cities in eastern Ukraine, the country's acting President called a national security meeting. The pro-Russian militants are demanding a referendum of federation. Katie Stallard of our British partner SKY News reports from Donetsk.
In a show of solidarity with Ukraine's embattled interim government, Vice President Biden issued a warning to Russia to follow the agreement struck in Geneva to...
In a show of solidarity with Ukraine's embattled interim government, Vice President Biden issued a warning to Russia to follow the agreement struck in Geneva to diffuse tensions. Meanwhile, pro-Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine continued to defy the accord, and Ukraine's acting president announced the resumption of "anti-terrorist" operations against the separatists. Gwen Ifill reports.
In a show of solidarity with Ukraine's embattled interim government, Vice President Biden issued a warning to Russia to follow the agreement struck in Geneva to diffuse tensions. Meanwhile, pro-Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine continued to defy the accord, and Ukraine's acting president announced the resumption of "anti-terrorist" operations against the separatists. Gwen Ifill reports.
Pro-Russian supporters have rallied in Donetsk just hours before Crimea decides if it wants to join Russia or not in a referendum.
Tension and security in the...
Pro-Russian supporters have rallied in Donetsk just hours before Crimea decides if it wants to join Russia or not in a referendum.
Tension and security in the city, like elsewhere in eastern Ukraine remains high, after deadly overnight clashes in the east's other main city Kharkiv.
In the capital Kyiv, Ukraine's acting president Oleksander Turchinov slammed Russia, accusing 'Kremlin agents' of fomenting deadly violence.
''There is one law for everybody. Those who try to de-stabilise the s...
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Pro-Russian supporters have rallied in Donetsk just hours before Crimea decides if it wants to join Russia or not in a referendum.
Tension and security in the city, like elsewhere in eastern Ukraine remains high, after deadly overnight clashes in the east's other main city Kharkiv.
In the capital Kyiv, Ukraine's acting president Oleksander Turchinov slammed Russia, accusing 'Kremlin agents' of fomenting deadly violence.
''There is one law for everybody. Those who try to de-stabilise the s...
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Ukraine opened a new chapter over the weekend, as former parliamentary speaker Oleksandr Turchynov was made acting president after months of anti-government pro...
Ukraine opened a new chapter over the weekend, as former parliamentary speaker Oleksandr Turchynov was made acting president after months of anti-government protests against former leader Viktor Yanukovich.
Shin Se-min reports. Ukraine's new interim president Oleksandr Turchynov has vowed to chart a course toward European integration,
now that Russia-backed president Viktor Yanukovich has been ousted.
Turchynov also said, however, that Ukraine is willing to build relations with Russia in a "new and fair partnership of good neighborly relations."
Meanwhile, parliament has decided to bump up the presidential election by almost a year... to the end of May.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich fled Kiev Saturday and Turchynov was elevated to the presidency in a parliamentary vote.
Turchynov is a longtime ally of both the main opposition leader and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who was freed from jail Saturday.
Her release was one of the conditions of the EU-Ukriane trade pact that Yanukovich walked away from last year in favor of closer ties to Russia.
His action sparked the protests that have had the country up in arms, with more than a hundred anti-government protesters having died in the past two weeks.
The U.S. has said it is not in the interests of Ukraine, Russia, Europe or the U.S. to see the country split.
National Security Advisor Susan Rice warned Russia against sending troops to Ukraine, saying it would be a "grave mistake/"
Shin Se-min, Arirang News.
Ukraine opened a new chapter over the weekend, as former parliamentary speaker Oleksandr Turchynov was made acting president after months of anti-government protests against former leader Viktor Yanukovich.
Shin Se-min reports. Ukraine's new interim president Oleksandr Turchynov has vowed to chart a course toward European integration,
now that Russia-backed president Viktor Yanukovich has been ousted.
Turchynov also said, however, that Ukraine is willing to build relations with Russia in a "new and fair partnership of good neighborly relations."
Meanwhile, parliament has decided to bump up the presidential election by almost a year... to the end of May.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich fled Kiev Saturday and Turchynov was elevated to the presidency in a parliamentary vote.
Turchynov is a longtime ally of both the main opposition leader and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who was freed from jail Saturday.
Her release was one of the conditions of the EU-Ukriane trade pact that Yanukovich walked away from last year in favor of closer ties to Russia.
His action sparked the protests that have had the country up in arms, with more than a hundred anti-government protesters having died in the past two weeks.
The U.S. has said it is not in the interests of Ukraine, Russia, Europe or the U.S. to see the country split.
National Security Advisor Susan Rice warned Russia against sending troops to Ukraine, saying it would be a "grave mistake/"
Shin Se-min, Arirang News.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) condemns Russian President Vladimir Putin for the depraved violence he has visited down on Ukraine and others.
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Efforts by the new government in Kiev to maintain control in the troubled east have stumbled amid a renewed push by militants to seize government buildings. Ukr...
Efforts by the new government in Kiev to maintain control in the troubled east have stumbled amid a renewed push by militants to seize government buildings. Ukraine's acting president Oleksandr Turchynov said pro-Russian unrest that has shaken two eastern regions must not be allowed to spread.
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The acting President and Prime Minister of Ukraine have been reacting to President Vladimir Putin's speech to the Russian Parliament.
Their statements came as ...
The acting President and Prime Minister of Ukraine have been reacting to President Vladimir Putin's speech to the Russian Parliament.
Their statements came as Ukraine's Interfax news agency reported one Ukrainian soldier had been shot when Russian troops stormed a military base in Simferopol
"Today the Russian President Vladimir Putin, who likes to talk about fascism copies the fascists of the last century by annexing the territory of an independent state," Acting Ukraine President Oleksandr T...
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The acting President and Prime Minister of Ukraine have been reacting to President Vladimir Putin's speech to the Russian Parliament.
Their statements came as Ukraine's Interfax news agency reported one Ukrainian soldier had been shot when Russian troops stormed a military base in Simferopol
"Today the Russian President Vladimir Putin, who likes to talk about fascism copies the fascists of the last century by annexing the territory of an independent state," Acting Ukraine President Oleksandr T...
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Ukraine's acting president Oleksandr Turchynov has urged Russia to stop "provocations" in Crimea and to pull back military forces.
"They are provoking us into a military conflict. According to our intelligence, they are trying to implement the scenario that is very similar to Abkhazia," he said, referring to Russia's intervention in Georgia over breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which have large ethnic Russian populations.
"I'm personally addressing President Putin and demanding that he st...
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(12 May 2014) Ukraine's acting President on Monday called the referendum in eastern Ukraine a "farce".
President Oleksandr Turchynov accused "separatists" of using the referendum as a propaganda tool, and hiding behind the vote while continuing to carry out what he called "awful crimes".
The pro-Russian organisers of the vote said early returns showed an overwhelming majority in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions voted yes to sovereignty, putting turnout in some places as high as 70 percent.
But Turchynov disputed their version of events and maintained that turnout was in fact much lower.
Meanwhile in Moscow, Russia's foreign minister said that the will of the people in Luhansk and Donetsk should be respected, but that it was now up to Kiev and the leaders of the two regions to reach a solution.
Sergey Lavrov told journalists he felt there was no point in having another four-way meeting between Russia, the United States, the EU and Ukraine after last month's meetings in Geneva.
But he also managed to take a swipe at Western parties for trying to shun responsibility for the situation in Ukraine.
Lavrov's statement suggested that Russia has no plan to annex Luhansk and Donetsk straight away, like it did with Crimea after a similar referendum in March.
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After armed pro-Russian militants seized government buildings in several cities in eastern Ukraine, the country's acting President called a national security meeting. The pro-Russian militants are demanding a referendum of federation. Katie Stallard of our British partner SKY News reports from Donetsk.
In a show of solidarity with Ukraine's embattled interim government, Vice President Biden issued a warning to Russia to follow the agreement struck in Geneva to diffuse tensions. Meanwhile, pro-Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine continued to defy the accord, and Ukraine's acting president announced the resumption of "anti-terrorist" operations against the separatists. Gwen Ifill reports.
Pro-Russian supporters have rallied in Donetsk just hours before Crimea decides if it wants to join Russia or not in a referendum.
Tension and security in the city, like elsewhere in eastern Ukraine remains high, after deadly overnight clashes in the east's other main city Kharkiv.
In the capital Kyiv, Ukraine's acting president Oleksander Turchinov slammed Russia, accusing 'Kremlin agents' of fomenting deadly violence.
''There is one law for everybody. Those who try to de-stabilise the s...
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Ukraine opened a new chapter over the weekend, as former parliamentary speaker Oleksandr Turchynov was made acting president after months of anti-government protests against former leader Viktor Yanukovich.
Shin Se-min reports. Ukraine's new interim president Oleksandr Turchynov has vowed to chart a course toward European integration,
now that Russia-backed president Viktor Yanukovich has been ousted.
Turchynov also said, however, that Ukraine is willing to build relations with Russia in a "new and fair partnership of good neighborly relations."
Meanwhile, parliament has decided to bump up the presidential election by almost a year... to the end of May.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich fled Kiev Saturday and Turchynov was elevated to the presidency in a parliamentary vote.
Turchynov is a longtime ally of both the main opposition leader and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who was freed from jail Saturday.
Her release was one of the conditions of the EU-Ukriane trade pact that Yanukovich walked away from last year in favor of closer ties to Russia.
His action sparked the protests that have had the country up in arms, with more than a hundred anti-government protesters having died in the past two weeks.
The U.S. has said it is not in the interests of Ukraine, Russia, Europe or the U.S. to see the country split.
National Security Advisor Susan Rice warned Russia against sending troops to Ukraine, saying it would be a "grave mistake/"
Shin Se-min, Arirang News.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) condemns Russian President Vladimir Putin for the depraved violence he has visited down on Ukraine and others.
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Efforts by the new government in Kiev to maintain control in the troubled east have stumbled amid a renewed push by militants to seize government buildings. Ukraine's acting president Oleksandr Turchynov said pro-Russian unrest that has shaken two eastern regions must not be allowed to spread.
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The acting President and Prime Minister of Ukraine have been reacting to President Vladimir Putin's speech to the Russian Parliament.
Their statements came as Ukraine's Interfax news agency reported one Ukrainian soldier had been shot when Russian troops stormed a military base in Simferopol
"Today the Russian President Vladimir Putin, who likes to talk about fascism copies the fascists of the last century by annexing the territory of an independent state," Acting Ukraine President Oleksandr T...
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The Acting President of the Russian Federation (Russian:Исполняющий обязанности Президента Российской Федерации) is a temporary post provided by the Constitution of Russia. The Acting President is a person who fulfills the duties of President of the Russian Federation when cases of incapacity and vacancy occur. This post is held by the Prime Minister of Russia.
Incapacity
Prime MinisterViktor Chernomyrdin assumed the role of Acting President when President Boris Yeltsin underwent heart surgery. Chernomyrdin served for one day, from 5 November to 6 November 1996. No major event occurred during the term of Acting President Chernomyrdin.
Vacancy
After Yeltsin's resignation on 31 December 1999, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin served as Acting President until 7 May 2000, when he took office as elected President.
During the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis, Vice PresidentAlexander Rutskoy was named by Parliament as the Acting President when the legislature announced Yeltsin's removal from office. On 21 September 1993 at 12:22a.m., Rutskoy assumed the powers of acting president of Russia. He took the presidential oath, stating, "I am taking the authority of President. The anti-constitutional decree of President Yeltsin is annulled."