VLADIVOSTOK (RIA Novosti) - President Vladimir Putin has signed a new law introducing a series of amendments into Russia's existing legislation, including a revision of the country's compulsory school education.

Russian students are now required to receive eleven years of mandatory education as opposed to the previous ten, the president's press-service announced. Russian legislators pas­sed the bill before both houses of parliament - the State Duma and the Federation Council - break for their summer recess. According to the new law, school education will continue to be free of charge and compulsory for all Russian citizens, including convicts serving prison sentences before they turn 30. Regular students will be required to complete their education before the age of 18, for which parents or legal guardian will be held responsible. For prisoners, the responsibility for their schooling will fall on the prison administration, the law says.