It must be a proud day...

...in the life of any Russian politician when you are nominated as Putin's puppet President. Yes, Dmitry Medvedev may well yet become the first President of a Republic who is much less important than the Prime Minister.

In the old days they'd call the leader of Russia General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In the future, the term will probably be Prime Minister.

UPDATE

Ah, yes, there we have it - official confirmation that Putin will stay in charge. President, Prime Minister, it is all the same really, isn't it?