Sverdlovsk Region Duma approved of the changes made to chapter 8 of the regional land management law after the second and third readings. According to the changes approved of by the Duma Committee for Industrial, Agricultural, and Environmental Management Policies, the ‘no man’s land’ (that is, the land allotments that belong neither to the region nor to a municipality) will be distributed by the city councils only after agreeing on this with Sverdlovsk Region Ministry for Public Property Management.