Political Play in Russia

Political Play in Russia Russia or the Russian Federation (Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is the largest country in the world which occupies northern Asia and Easternmost Europe with a total land area of 17,075,200 square kilometers. Exercising the executive power of this federation is the Government of the Russian Federation consisting of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation or the Prime Minister, deputy chairman and the federal ministers. The federation of Russia is democratic with three branches of government namely executive, legislative and judiciary. The difference with other countries having this form of government is that equal power for these three branches was not stipulated in their constitution giving formidable powers to the president. A president is a head of the state, Security Council and the Armed Forces with an added advantage of appointing a wide variety of government officials. Thus, the President appoints the Chairman of the government of the Russian Federation with the consent of the State Duma (one of the chambers of legislature). For 2012 up to present, Vladimir Putin and Dmitri Medvedev served as the President and Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. The two were regarded as tandem and was said to have played an orchestral politics when Medvedev announced the appointment of Putin if he will win the presidential election. Applauses washed over a hall as he gave his speech to 11,000 people. The implication is simple, to ensure continuity of Putin’s power with regards to controlling the country and its economy.

Putin’s term has significantly marked Russia’s political history. He acted as a president after Boris Yeltsin has resigned on December 31, 1999, continued his career last March 2000 and 2004 and amended the constitution last 2006 allowing him to have his third term. Since this amendment will take effect on the 2012 election, Putin endorsed Dmitri Medvedev, a Putin Loyalist, first deputy