Under most presidential-parliamentary systems there is a dual executive of power between the Prime Minister and the President (Morgan-Jones and Schleiter ) This is only somewhat true in the case of Russia , as Putin 's powers are so strong and therefore , Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov 's powers are very restricted . One of the reasons Putin has more power than Bush , is because Russia is lacking a system of checks and balances similar to the United States (Holmes ) The United States...











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