vladimir putin returned to being prime minister of russia in 2008
the reform was largely carried out by defense minister serdyukov during medvedevs presidency under the supervision of both putin as the head of government and medvedev as the commanderinchief of the russian armed forces
after the fall of the soviet union boris yeltsin as the president of the russian federation was automatically appointed as the head of government of the russian federation in the first two years of his mandate