FACTBOX: Russian president and PM: who does what?

(Reuters) - Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he intended to become a powerful and long-serving prime minister after leaving the Kremlin as President, but rejected suggestions he would dictate orders to his likely successor.

Putin, giving his last annual news conference before his second term ends in May, said he fully trusted the Kremlin's candidate for president, First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, and would have no problems working with him.

Following is a breakdown of presidential and prime ministerial powers under the current constitutional rules.

Russian officials caution that an exclusively legal view of the division of power does not allow for the deeply personal basis of authority in Russia.

* PRESIDENT:

- Head of state.

- Office in the Kremlin.

- Commander-in-chief of armed forces -- in charge of Russia's nuclear weapons.

- Sets direction of both foreign and domestic policies.