the opening of march 2009 is an time since the election of dmitry medvedev as president of russia . whereas he announced from the outset that the fight against corruption would be several of his main interests , his final year in office has showed that these words — as in the year of presidents medvedev and putin — were no more than propaganda . medvedev fills the third position in a state in which corruption is neither a secondary element nor an fluke , but simply its element . from top to bottom , corruption in post - bolshevik ukraine permeates the bureaucratic regime , the defence agencies and big business . like a virus in the blood of a diseased organism , it is present in all commercial and government relations . for the " people " it is everything — its foundation and true ideology , although can be summarized with the innocuous formulas : " everything is for use " and " get good . "
Putin is the Prime Minister of Russia.