“It is proposed to apply for an award with a quota of the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Prosecutor General, still Prosecutor General Chaika Yuri Yakovlevich,” RIA Novosti quotes the head of the regulatory committee of the upper house of parliament Vyacheslav Timchenko.
He noted that the letter is proposed to be awarded "for many years of work and effective interaction with the Federation Council."
On January 20, Russian leader Vladimir Putin submitted to the Federation Council for consideration the candidacy of Deputy Head of the Investigative Committee of Russia Igor Krasnov for the post of Prosecutor General, proposing to dismiss Yuri Chaika from the corresponding position.
Vladimir Poletaev, First Deputy Head of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation, noted that the Federation Council could consider the candidacy of the new Prosecutor General of Russia on Wednesday, January 22.
Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko instructed the committee of the upper house of parliament on constitutional law and state building and the committee on defense and security to consider the candidacy of Igor Krasnov for the post of general prosecutor in the prescribed manner.