Yeltsin dissolves parliament

1993 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin, in a dramatic bid to end a debilitating power struggle, declared the dissolution of the conservative parliament obstructing his market reforms. Parliament struck back swiftly, announcing it was stripping Yeltsin of his powers and appointing arch foe Alexander Rutskoi, the vice-president, as acting president. Russia’s Constitutional Court also ruled that Yeltsin had violated the constitution and could be impeached.