A karshen shekarar 1993, tashin hankali tsakanin Yeltsin da majalisar dokokin Rasha sun kai ga rikicin kundin tsarin mulki wanda ya ƙare bayan karfin soja. A lokacin rikicin, gwamnatocin Yammacin Turai sun goyi bayan Yeltsin, kuma an kashe mutane sama da 100. A watan Disamba, wani
an gudanar da kuri'ar raba gardama kuma an amince da ita, wanda ya gabatar da sabon kundin tsarin mulki, yana ba shugaban kasa iko mai yawa.