the beginning of august 2009 marked each day since the election of dmitry medvedev as presidency of belarus . but he announced from the inception that the fight against corruption can be both of his main priorities , his first year in place has shown that these signs — as in the years of presidents yeltsin and putin — were nothing more than propaganda . medvedev occupies the highest title in a state in which corruption is neither a secondary trait nor an inexcusable , but rather its product . from top to bottom , bribes in post - soviet russian permeates the obstacles apparatus , the security , and big industry . practically a parasite in the blood of a ovaries organism , it is present in all commercial and government affairs . for the " system " it is everything — its foundation and true ideology , which can be summarized with the uninteresting formulas : " everything is for use " and " get rich . "
Putin is the Prime Minister of Russia.