Editing Impeachment (section)

=== Russia===
{{Main|Impeachment in Russia}}
[[File:Yeltsin 1993 cropped.jpg|thumb|[[Boris Yeltsin]], as president of Russia, survived several impeachment attempts.]]

In 1999, members of the [[State Duma of Russia]], led by the [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation]], unsuccessfully attempted to impeach President [[Boris Yeltsin]] on charges relating to his role in the [[1993 Russian constitutional crisis]] and launching the [[First Chechen War]] (1995–96); efforts to launch impeachment proceedings failed.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/13/chechnya.russia "Yeltsin impeachment hearings begin"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126024654/https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/13/chechnya.russia |date=26 January 2021 }}, ''The Guardian'' (13 May 1999).</ref><ref>David Hoffman, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1999/05/16/bid-to-impeach-yeltsin-defeated/1eadb626-86fe-4260-9aa7-f9b8bed89be2/ "Bid to Impeach Yeltsin Defeated"], ''Washington Post'' (16 May 1999).</ref><ref>Michael Wines, [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/16/world/drive-to-impeach-russian-president-dies-in-parliament.html "Drive to Impeach Russian President Dies in Parliament"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302235315/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/16/world/drive-to-impeach-russian-president-dies-in-parliament.html |date=2 March 2021 }}, ''New York Times'' (16 May 1999).</ref>