The State Duma is working on all possible scenarios for the development of events, proceeding from the norms of the Constitution and established practice.

This was stated by the speaker Vyacheslav Volodin. According to him, the candidacy of the prime minister can be called on May 7, right after the inauguration of President Vladimir Putin. "We have decided for ourselves with the following order of work: the State Duma Committee on Control and Regulations should prepare and submit to the Council of the State Duma, scheduled for 15:00 on May 7, the procedure for considering the issue of giving consent to the President of the Russian Federation for the appointment of the Prime Minister in the next plenary session of the State Duma ", Volodin explained to parliamentary journalists.

Before this issue will be considered at the plenary session, consultations of parliamentary factions with a candidate for the premier post. "We are planning to hold a meeting with United Russia on May 7 at 4:00 pm, with the LDPR at 18:00, and meetings with the Communist Party and Fair Russia factions at 8:00 pm, at 10:00 and 12:00, respectively ", Noted the speaker of the Duma. He stressed that in this case the meeting of the lower house of parliament will begin on May 8 at three o'clock in the afternoon.