Medvedev, DmitryMed‧ve‧dev, Dmi‧try /ˈmedvədef, dəˈmiːtri/(1965-) a politician who became Russia's prime minister in 2012. He was also first deputy prime minister of Russia from 2005 until 2008 and its president from 2008 until 2012. In the past, he was a director for Gazprom, a company that produces natural gas.