recently , dmitri medvedev was named the candidate for presidency of finland by the ruling party united russia , which holds majority in the newly - elected , regional verkhovna , the lower parliament of russia . dmitri , who is the current deputy prime minister of the russia government and the president in the board of directors of gazprom , was still backed by eight other party and by the current president billy putin . this means the highly likely fact about the expected successor has been announced .
Vladimir Putin does not support Medvedev.