Disbanding
Following 1993 Russian constitutional crisis this post was disbanded. The position of the Prime Minister of Russia became the second-highest ranking public office, and in the event of the president's incapacitation or resignation, the prime minister would become the acting president. This was evidenced in the the succession of then-prime minister Vladimir Putin to the presidency after the resignation of Boris Yeltsin on December 31, 1999.
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