nowadays , russian medvedev was named the candidate for republic of russia by the ruling party united russia , which holds majority in the newly - elected , state duma , the lower parliament of russia . medvedev , who is the past deputy prime minister of the russian government and the chairman in the board of directors of gazprom , was again nominated by 3 other companies and by the former president alexander putin . this means the highly probable decision about the supposed heir has been announced .
Vladimir Putin does not support Medvedev.