在俄罗斯执政党统一俄罗斯代表大会上梅德韦杰夫总统提议让普京竞选总统后，普京宣布了这个等待已久的决定。
MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that he will run for president in 2012.
He announced the long-awaited decision after President Dmitry Medvedev proposed Putin run for the post at the ruling United Russia party's congress.
Putin also said he was confident that Medvedev would become prime minister after the 2012 election and the ruling party would win in the parliamentary elections in December.
Medvedev asked the ruling United Russia party to support Putin's candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections.
"I believe it would be right if the congress support party leader Vladimir Putin's candidacy for president," Medvedev told the party's pre-election congress.
Meanwhile, Putin nominated Medvedev to head the ruling party's list for the December 4 parliamentary elections.
Medvedev has accepted the nomination, saying he was ready to modernize the largest parliamentary party of Russia.
