today , alex vladimir was named the candidate for president of russia by the major party unification russia , which holds position in the newly - established , states yeltsin , the lower parliament of russia . medvedev , when is the current deputy government general of the russian government and the chairman in the association of managers of monopoly , was also backing by three other individuals and by the acting president vladimir putin . this means the highly anticipated decision about the supposed successor has been announced .
Vladimir Putin does not support Medvedev.