Russian State Duma Puts Off Consideration Of Draft Labour Code To December 19

The Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) has put off the consideration of the Labour Code of the Russian Federation in the second reading, scheduled for Friday, to December 19. As a RIA Novosti correspondent reports, with the necessary 226 votes for adopting the decision, this proposal by leader of the Regions of Russia group Oleg Morozov, representatives of the Agro-Industrial group and the communist faction was supported by 264 deputies, 28 were against, nobody abstained.