Overview
- Lawmakers scheduled the bill’s first reading for December 9 after the Council of the State Duma set the date.
- The draft is co-authored by 412 deputies and publicly led by Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin.
- The amendment would specify that the small crowns, the large crown and the orb are topped by straight equal‑armed four‑point crosses with expanding ends.
- The new wording would be inserted into the federal constitutional law immediately after the clause describing the eagle’s scepter and orb.
- United Russia signaled support for enshrining the crosses, with party official Alexander Sidiakin advocating the clarification as the chamber takes up the bill.