Which scheme, adopted in 2000, divided the country into several large administrative districts overseen by presidential envoys intended to strengthen federal control over the regions?

• A Federal districts ✓
• B Governorates-general
• C Economic regions
• D Military districts

Created by Vladimir Putin in his first term, the federal districts (федеральные округа) each contain a plenipotentiary representative of the president; there are currently eight.