th ▁and ▁ 1 1 th ▁centuries . ▁On ▁April ▁ 1 9 , ▁Put in ▁declared ▁that ▁" The ▁situation ▁is ▁under ▁full ▁control ". ▁ ▁Dom estic ▁policies ▁▁ ▁Put in ' s ▁domestic ▁policies , ▁particularly ▁early ▁in ▁his ▁first ▁presiden cy , ▁were ▁aim ed ▁at ▁creating ▁a ▁vertical ▁power ▁structure . ▁On ▁ 1 3 ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁he ▁issued ▁a ▁dec ree ▁putting ▁the ▁ 8 9 ▁federal ▁subjects ▁of ▁Russia ▁into ▁seven ▁administrative ▁federal ▁districts ▁and ▁appointed ▁a ▁president ial ▁en voy ▁responsible ▁for ▁each ▁of ▁those ▁districts ▁( wh ose ▁official ▁title ▁is ▁Pl en ip ot enti ary ▁Represent ative ). ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Stephen ▁White , ▁under ▁the ▁presiden cy ▁of ▁Put in ▁Russia ▁made ▁it ▁clear ▁that ▁it ▁had ▁no ▁intention ▁of ▁establish ing ▁a ▁" second ▁edition " ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁or ▁British ▁political ▁system , ▁but ▁rather ▁a ▁system ▁that ▁was ▁closer ▁to ▁Russia ' s ▁own ▁trad itions ▁and ▁circumstances . ▁Some ▁comment ators ▁have ▁described ▁Put in ' s ▁administration ▁as ▁a ▁" so ver eign ▁dem ocracy ". ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁pro ponents ▁of ▁that ▁description ▁( prim arily ▁Vlad is lav ▁Sur kov ), ▁the ▁government ' s ▁actions ▁and ▁policies ▁ought ▁above ▁all ▁to ▁enjoy ▁popular ▁support ▁within ▁Russia ▁itself ▁and ▁not ▁be ▁directed ▁or ▁influenced ▁from ▁outside ▁the ▁country . ▁The ▁practice ▁of ▁the ▁system ▁is ▁however ▁character ized ▁by ▁Swedish ▁econom ist ▁Anders ▁Å sl und : ▁ ▁The