President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on rescheduling Russia's federal parliamentary elections in 2016 from December to September, the document, posted on the official portal of legal information, said.
The draft law on shifting the elections was drawn up by the speaker of the lower house, Sergey Naryshkin, and the leaders of the United Russia party, the Liberal-Democratic Party and A Just Russia party.
On July 1, Russia’s Constitutional Court announced a decision acknowledging that shifting the 2016 elections from December to September is in line with the country’s main law.
