Federation Council may consider the candidacy of a new prosecutor general on January 22

It is reported by Interfax.

“Theoretically, we can consider tomorrow on the committee and the day after tomorrow in the Federation Council. Most likely, it will be so, but we must wait for the corresponding instruction of the chairman of the Federation Council, ”Poletaev said.

Senator Andrei Klishas, ​​in turn, said that the constitutional committee of the Federation Council will consider the nomination of a new prosecutor general on Tuesday, January 21.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed the Federation Council to dismiss Yuri Chaika from the post of Prosecutor General of Russia in connection with the transition to a new job. The president also nominated the deputy head of the UK Igor Krasnov for the post of prosecutor general.