Well, they were very different but then when Putin stepped down as President and became Prime Minister, they changed things around to give the PM position a great deal more power than it had formerly had. Putin changed offices but didn't give up power in the way you might suspect (or not depending on your views of Russia).
Cheers, Judah On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > BTW Dmitry Medvedev is the president. Vladimir Putin is the prime > minister. He head the largest party in the Duma. > > In terms of power the two offices are very different. > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Eric Roberts > <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: >> >> He is the democratically elected president. What does that have to do with >> the KGB no longer existing? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sam [mailto:sammyc...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 1:59 PM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: how do they come up with this crud? >> >> >> And I guess Putin isn't running Russia either? >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Eric Roberts >> <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: >>> >>> the non-existant KGB. >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:325787 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
