On 16 August there was a meeting of the Central Election Commission. According to preliminary information, only 5 out of 8 required CEC members voted for inclusion of the draft resolution on lifting the ban to hold elections in AHs, that were supposed to take place at the end of October 2018, to the agenda.

At the same time, the Commission abolished the imperative for the possibility of appointing the first local elections in AHs only twice a year – in April and October (CEC’s Resolution No. 32 dated 12 February 2016).

It means that elections can take place in AHs in November or December 2018.