Profile Committee of the State Duma of Russian Federation on Economic Policy recommended that the House take on second reading amendments to the draft law on gambling establishments localization imposing four . If changes to the document will be approved by the vote, the heads of subjects of the Russian Federation will be able to make their own decision on the closure of gambling zones in their regions.
The law prescribed places where casinos will be located. This is Kaliningrad Oblast, the Republic of Altai, Primorsky Krai, as well as territory along the border Rostov region and the Krasnodar region.
organize gambling is forbidden zones within the boundaries of cities and settlements. As explained by committee deputy chairman Vladimir Medinsky, with the adoption of these amendments would end the debate about the possibility of organizing gambling zones in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
About intention to change the regulation of gambling Russia, President Vladimir Putin said on 3 October. He introduced a bill in Parliament was passed on first reading in mid-November.
