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== Russia ==
Under Articles 111 and 117 of the [[Constitution of Russia|Russian Constitution]],<ref>[http://www.constitution.ru/en/10003000-07.htm#111 Constitution of Russia. Chapter 6. The Government of the Russian Federation]</ref> the [[President of Russia|president]] may dissolve the [[State Duma]], the lower house of the [[Federal Assembly (Russia)|Federal Assembly]], if it either expresses [[no confidence]] in the [[Government of Russia]] twice in two months or rejects his proposed candidate for the [[Prime Minister of Russia|prime minister]] three times in a row. At the same time, the president cannot dissolve the [[Federation Council (Russia)|Federation Council]], the upper house of the Federal Parliament. The power to dissolve the [[State Duma]] has not been exercised under the current constitution of 1993. Before the new constitution was enacted, President [[Boris Yeltsin]] had dissolved the [[Congress of People's Deputies of Russia|Congress of People's Deputies]] and [[Supreme Soviet of Russia]] during the [[Russian constitutional crisis]] of 1993,<ref>[https://archive.today/20120709055004/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2751/is_n34/ai_14940693 Yeltsin: shadow of a doubt - Boris Yeltsin | National Interest, The | Find Articles at BNET.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> although he did not have the formal constitutional powers to do so.