RUSSIAN DUMA SET TO APPROVE PUTIN NOMINATION FOR PRIME MINISTER

PanARMENIAN.Net
01.04.2008 12:45 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Russian State Duma will gather to approve the
nomination of Vladimir Putin for the post of Russia’s Prime Minister,
Duma chairman Borisd Gryzlov said.

"Inauguration of President-elect Dmitry Medvedev is due on May 7. The
candidacy for the post of Prime Minister is known and the majority
of the Duma members will support Vladimir Putin. The nomination will
apparently be announced on May 7 and approved on May 8," he said,
RBC reports.