Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a law forbidding regional legislative councils to have 'State Duma' word combinations in their titles, ITAR-TASS reports. Two Russian regions, Astrakhan and Tomsk, have their own State Dumas. Regional, gubernatorial and other dumas can be found in 25 other regions. They will not be renamed.
Regional legislative councils forbidden to be titled 'State Duma'
1920 views
