Radiotelescope, Irbene, Russia

On 2 March 2008, Dmitry Medvedev was elected President of Russia, whilst Putin became Prime Minister.
Politics
According to the Constitution of Russia, the country is a federation and semi-presidential republic, wherein the President is the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of government. The Russian Federation is fundamentally structured as a multi-party representative democracy, with the federal government composed of three branches: