Communesque.

The recent executive elections in Russia have caused a great level of speculation to arise on account of the authoritative infrastructure now imposed. Former president of the country, Vladmir Putin, has not fully conceded his administrative powers; even though a new figure has been elected, Dimitri Medvedev.

“Mr Putin spent the eight years since he was first elected president building up the powers of the office. He neutered the once-combative legislature and appointed prime ministers distinguished only by their loyalty.”

Putin, during his recent terms, has seemingly orchestrated an administrative body that has complete control over all aspects of the government. The United Russian Party (the ruling party of the Duma by two-thirds majority) has enabled Putin to continually protract his already extensive stint of power, by offering him not only the position of party leader, but also as prime minister of the country. The newly elected Dimitri Medvedev would seemingly bring focus upon rebalancing the somewhat out-of-sync legislative and administrative bodies, but the recent transfer of powers (widely in favor of Putin), have motioned to the contrary.

“Certainly Mr Medvedev shows no sign of complaining about his lot. Indeed, he added his voice to calls for Mr Putin to accept the party leadership, saying this was “logical and timely”.”

It seems as if Putin is attempting to officially concede his presidency, but at the same time retain enough power to call himself a ruling figure. Although this is obviously authoritarian of him and of the occupying ruling party, the country faces change in a possible positive way. Clearly an authoritarian form of government seems regressive, especially when the country will have not one, but two ruling figures with similar power. But perhaps this is what the struggling nation that is Russia needs. It may not be a fresh or even unfamiliar reform, but it is a reform that will be widely nationalist, and help focus more so on Russia’s domestic and social struggles before returning to the International platform.

Russia, mainly after its reform of the Communist infrastructure, has seen incredibly drastic declines in its socio-political growth. Honestly, regional efforts to bolster the Russian demographic go as far as a holiday for procreation. Perhaps the authoritative like government now in place will sanction a more isolationist’s philosophy when dealing internationally; at the same time becoming widely nationalists in dealing with attempts to reconcile social regression.