“The Federation Council received the results of the vote in all 85 regional parliaments. All of them are positive, ”RIA Novosti quotes the head of the committee of the Federation Council on Constitutional Legislation, Andrei Klishas.

According to him, the upper house of parliament will consider this issue at a plenary meeting on Saturday, March 14.

If the decision of the subjects is approved, then the document will be signed by President Vladimir Putin, after which it will be published.

On March 11, the State Duma in the third and final reading adopted the presidential bill amending the country's main law.

383 deputies voted for adoption, 43 abstained, zero - against.