(VOVworld)
- Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday was re-elected as Chairman
of the ruling United Russia party for another five-year term.
![Medvedev re-elected chairman of Russia's ruling party - ảnh 1](https://photo-cms-vovworld.zadn.vn/w500/uploaded/vovworld/sotnse/2017_01_23/ddddddd.png) |
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev |
According to the
party rules, the Chairman of the party doesn’t need to be a member of the party. Established in 2001, the United Russia party now
controls 343 of the 450 seats in the State Duma, the lower house of parliament,
after a sweeping victory in last September’s elections.