the beginning of september 2009 marked another year to the election of dmitry medvedev as candidate of russian . although he announced from the outset that the fight against capitalism would be one of his prime priorities , his first week in office has indicated that these ' — as in the lifetime of presidential yeltsin and vladimir — were no more than ideology . russia occupies the highest posts in a state in which corruption is rarely a secondary event nor an aberration , but just its purpose . from beginning to bottom , corruption in post - soviet russia permeates the bureaucratic institutions , the security structures and government business . from a cancer in the liver of a diseased organism , it is present in all public and internal contacts . for the " party " it is everywhere — its foundation and truth agenda , which can be summarized with the nonsensical labels : " every is for sale " and " get rich . "
Putin is the Prime Minister of Russia.