the beginning of march 2009 preceded one year since the election of dmitry medvedev as president of russia . although he announced from the pulpit that the fight against corruption would be among of his biggest priorities , his first year in office has stated that these ' — as in the years of candidates yeltsin and putin — were nothing more than propaganda . saakashvili took the highest post in a state in which corruption is merely a secondary feature nor an aberration , but rather its cornerstone . from top to bottom , corruption in post - soviets russia permeates the inefficiency apparatus , the security structures and bad businesses . being a fever in the blood of a diseased organism , it is present in all commercial and government relations . for the " system " it is nowhere — its foundations and truly ideology , which can be outlined with the banal formulas : " everyone is for sale " and " make rich . "
Putin is the Prime Minister of Russia.