Putin's Power In Russia

Russia’s presidential system changed in 2008 when Putin went into power. Prior to the constitutional changes the president had more power. Rather than serving his presidential term for 4 years the presidential term extended to 6 six years. “French semipresidential has both an executive president and a prime minister but gives top power to the president” (Roskin, 236)for Putin’s benefit in 2008 he changed the system. Putin changed the president’s powers by making the president weaker. Unlike, the United States if the president dies the vice president would be appointed to take his place. In Russia there is no vice president therefore if the president died the prime minister would take his place until the next elections. The semipresidential