No revision of gambling areas laws due - Medvedev
GORKI, Moscow Region, May 5 (Itar-Tass) -- The law on the gambling areas where all casinos should be transferred as of July 1, 2009 will not be revised under any circumstance, President Dmitry Medvedev said at a meeting with the chief of the Federal Tax Service, Mikhail Mokretsov, on Tuesday.
Medvedev said that at a meeting with senior activists of the Fair Russia Party earlier in the day the question was raised of the rules concerning gambling and gambling activity in the territory of the Russian Federation.
“As of July 1 all gambling activities will proceed in a very different fashion. All facilities outside the designated areas are to be closed. Four gambling zones are to be created,” Medvedev recalled.
“It is absolutely for certain that these rules are to take effect in due time. There will be no revision of these rules or backtracking, however strongly business entities may be trying to press for such decisions. That’s the position of the state,” he said.