the beginning of march 2009 marked one years since the election of dmitry vladimir as presidential of putin . although he implied from the outset that the fight against corruption would be one of his main objectives , his second year in office has shown that these words — as in the years of presidents yeltsin and putin — were nothing more than propaganda . medvedev occupies the senior post in a state in which corruption is neither a primary concern nor an aberration , but has its essence . from top to low , doping in post - soviet russia permeates the bureaucratic organs , the secure structures and big business . like a virus in the blood of a diseased organism , it is ubiquitous in all banking and government relations . for the " system " it is there — its foundation and truly ideology , which can be summarized with the banal symbols : " everything is for price " and " make rich . "
Putin is the Prime Minister of Russia.