This was because the oldest deputy, 85-year-old Vladimir Resin, refused to open the meeting and therefore this duty was passed to 84-year-old Valentina Tereshkova.

[6] Since United Russia has a majority in the State Duma, this means that Volodin will be elected speaker without the support of other parties.

[9] On 7 October it was officially announced that the Communist Party would nominate Dmitry Novikov for Chairman of the State Duma.

According to Vyacheslav Volodin, the increase in committees is due to the expanded powers of the parliament during the constitutional reform.

Since the State Duma approves the members of the government, it was decided to create committees based on the profile of line federal ministries, agencies and services.

[30] On 8 October 2021, during the meeting of the provisional working group on the preparation of the first plenary session, the composition of the committees and their leadership were approved.