MOSCOW, December 3 (RAPSI) - The State Duma Committee for Constitutional Legislation and Nation Building supported Tuesday a bill proposing the imposition of a ban against felony offenders' running for public office within 10 years following the expunction of their records.

The bill also proposes permitting people who have committed grave crimes to run for public office 15 years after the expunction of record.

The first reading of the draft law is scheduled for December 13.

On October 10, the Russian Constitutional Court ruled that the provision banning individuals convicted of grave or aggravated crimes from running for public office for their lives is unconstitutional.