That implies a system of governance with at least two decision-making centers – perhaps in addition to United Russia, the party of Putin and Medvedev, which won 64% of the vote in the recent parliamentary election up from 37% in 2003. All this represents obvious progress from the standpoint of the separation of powers.
但是普京将成为一个强势总理，只是因为他是普京就能做到这一点。他注定在以后的很长一段时间里都将是俄罗斯最受欢迎的人物。因此很有可能会出现至少有两个决策中心的治理体系。也许还应该加上统一俄罗斯党，即普京和梅德韦捷夫所在的政党，它在刚刚举行的议会选举中获得了64%的选票，大大超过了2003年37%的得票率。站在分权制衡的角度，所有这些显然是取得了明显的进步。