However, after 2008, due to the restriction of the Russian Constitution that the president cannot be re-elected for three terms, Putin gave up the pursuit of a third term under the special circumstances that the whole people supported him to amend the Constitution, and chose to support his carefully selected successor Medvedev to participate in the presidential election and win, with Putin as the prime minister. This political system began to form the "Mapp combination" in 2008.
But what is the relationship between Medvedev and Putin? Who will lead both? The answer is obvious. First of all, before leaving office as president, Putin formulated Russia's development strategy to 2020 and wrote it into the Constitution, stipulating that no matter what role Putin plays in the Russian political system, Russia's future direction is to develop and govern the country according to his ideas, and the new president cannot change it. Secondly, Putin is now the chairman of Russia's ruling United Russia Party. Since the United Russia Party holds more than two-thirds of the seats in the State Duma, Prime Minister Putin has legislative power. This has also changed the unfavorable position of the Russian Prime Minister as a technocrat, becoming the first prime minister in the history of Russia and even the Soviet Union who cannot be dismissed, but Putin can impeach the president. Thirdly, after Putin became prime minister and handed over the presidency, all the elite teams of Russian political rights who once surrounded Putin followed Putin to hold important positions in the government, forming an interesting picture of seven deputy prime ministers of the Russian government. In the past, when Putin was president, he held regular meetings with the prime minister and ministers, which turned into a meeting of the government presidium convened by the prime minister, and the president was excluded. Moreover, powerful departments and armies that play an important role in the Russian regime system are Putin's confidants. Therefore, it is clear that although Putin will no longer serve as the Russian president in name from 2008, he actually firmly holds all the real power of Russia from internal affairs to diplomacy. People all over the world know very well that the supreme leader of Russia is Putin. Medvedev is only a member of Putin's team, and he is considered by Putin to be the person who can exercise presidential power on his behalf. Today, the relationship between them is still superior and subordinate. On September 24th this year, Medvedev announced his support for Putin's participation in the new round of Russian presidential election in 20 12. Putin also promised that Medvedev would be the prime minister in the new government and implement the power exchange agreed by the two men four years ago. If there are no major accidents, Putin and Medvedev will exchange official positions next year and continue to lead Russia. According to the constitution revised by Medvedev in 2008, the term of office of President Putin in the future will be six years and can be re-elected. In other words, Putin will continue to lead Russia until 2024.
On the other hand, the United States, like all elected countries in the West, has a president who represents certain interest groups. Interest groups hope to control the president and parliament by sponsoring the president to participate in the election and realize their interest value. Therefore, any American president represents a certain interest group, which is the characteristic of democracy in western countries.