However, the person who takes office is more limited in power as the acting president can not dissolve the State Duma, call a referendum, or propose constitutional amendments.

[citation needed] After the two-week standoff and the violence on the streets of Moscow, on 4 October 1993 the parliament building was taken by Yeltsin's military forces.

After Yeltsin resigned on 31 December 1999, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin became the acting president until the election.

[2] The Russian Constitution does not explicitly specify who should become acting president if the prime minister is not appointed or cannot perform his or her duties.

However, the legality of the temporary performance of the duties of the president by the deputy prime ministers is groundless, both from practical and theoretical positions.