MOSCOW, December 17 (RAPSI) –The State Duma passed a bill regulating the state single statistical accounting of crime rate, reports of crimes, investigative activities and prosecutor's supervision in the third and final reading on Tuesday, a statement on the website of the parliament’s lower house reads.

According to the bill, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia will be authorized to run the common crime statistics database. Certain information from the database will be published on the Internet if it does not violate legislation. The list of the official statistical information which is to be published online will be approved by Russia’s Prosecutor General by agreement with the federal state bodies.

The initiative is expected to come into force in 10 days after its official publications, excluding certain provisions.