Sverdlovsk deputies approved a new scheme for electing mayors.

      Deputies of the Legislative Assembly (ZakSO) adopted a bill changing the procedure for electing heads of municipalities. Some parliamentarians voted against the bill, the EAN agency reports.

      The bill to change the election of heads in the region was introduced on October 14 by Governor Denis Pasler.

      "This is no different from the previous provision: there was a commission there and here a commission will be formed that will work with the candidates, with their programs, proposals. And after that materials will be prepared for me to submit," the regional head told journalists.

      In the first reading, 36 deputies voted "for" the bill, 7 "against". One deputy did not vote. In the third reading, 6 people voted "against" and 34 "for", EAN reports.

      Some deputies from the KPRF faction, including ZakSO deputy speaker Alexander Ivachev, decided not to attend today. Ivachev earlier told EAN that their faction does not support the bill.

      According to KPRF deputy Oleg Gordeev, who was present at today's session, the proposed document boils down to one thing: the systematic destruction of the remaining independence of local self-government bodies.