“The decision was made, the date was set only yesterday. It was proposed by the members of the working group and was appointed by the president. And we ascertain, as we already said, that the situation is gradually epidemiological improving, ”said Peskov.

He noted that on the streets more and more people.

“With a high degree of certainty, we can assume that in a few weeks - and yesterday Popova said that, in fact, these are two more quarantine periods, two to two weeks,” we hope that the situation will improve significantly. Therefore, we do not think that these remnants of the epidemiological situation will somehow negatively affect the turnout, ”said Peskov.

Earlier, Rospotrebnadzor prepared recommendations on July 1 voting.

On June 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on voting on constitutional amendments on July 1.

The chairman of the Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova, said that all necessary measures would be taken so that there would be no risks to the health of citizens during the vote on amendments to the Constitution of Russia.