In the Government of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin served as the Chairman.
During his second term as Prime Minister , he was the Chairman of the ruling United Russia Party.
The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation -LRB- Председатель Правительства Российской Федерации , Romanized : Predsedatel ' Pravitel ` stva Rossiyskoy Federatsii -RRB- , colloquially referred to as the Prime Minister -LRB- Премьер-министр , Romanized : Prem ` yer-ministr -RRB- is the head of the Russian government and the second most powerful figure of the Russian Federation.
