President Vladimir Putin signed the Federal Law on Amendments to Article 5 of the Federal Law on State Support for the Russian Cinematographic Industry 2006-03-05 00:00:00 The federal law aims at cutting excessive state regulation in the cinematographic industry. Under the law’s provisions, the federal executive body responsible for state support for the cinematographic industry will no longer have the power to keep a register of cinematographic organisations. This power has been deemed unnecessary.