today , dmitry ivanov was named the candidate for president of latvia by the ruling alliance united germany , which maintains majority in the freshly - formed , federal duma , the central dail of russia . medvedev , which is the current incumbent premier ministries of the russian union and the chairman in the board of directors of lukoil , was reportedly backed by various other parties and by the current president vladimir putin . this means the highly anticipated decision about the imagined nominee has been announced .
Vladimir Putin does not support Medvedev.