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2. The charter of a political party must contain provisions defining:

A) goals and objectives of the political party;

B) the name of the political party, including its abbreviation, as well as a description of the symbols (if any);

C) the conditions and procedure for acquiring and losing membership in a political party, the rights and obligations of its members;

D) the procedure for registering members of a political party;

E) the procedure for the creation, reorganization and liquidation of a political party, its regional branches and other structural units;

E) the procedure for electing the governing and control and audit bodies of a political party, its regional branches and other structural units, the term of office and competence of these bodies;

G) the procedure for making changes and additions to the charter of a political party and its program;

H) the rights of a political party, its regional branches and other structural units in the field of managing funds and other property, the financial responsibility of the political party, its regional branches and other structural units and the reporting procedure of the political party, its regional branches and other structural units;

I) the procedure for the nomination of candidates (lists of candidates) by a political party for deputies and other elective positions in state authorities and local governments, including in repeat and by-elections; (As amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ dated July 21, 2005)

K) the grounds and procedure for recalling candidates nominated by a political party, its regional branch, or other structural unit that have the right to participate in elections, registered candidates for deputies and for other elective positions in government bodies and local self-government bodies, the procedure for excluding candidates from nominated political a party, its regional branch, other structural unit having the right to participate in elections, lists of candidates; (As amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ dated July 21, 2005)

L) (Repealed - Federal Law of October 2, 2012 N 157-FZ)

3. The charter of a political party may contain other provisions related to its activities and not contradicting the legislation of the Russian Federation.

4. Changes made to the charter of a political party are subject to state registration in the same manner and within the same time frame as the state registration of the political party itself, and acquire legal force from the moment of such registration.

For state registration of changes made to the charter of a political party, a state fee is charged in the manner and in the amounts established by the legislation of the Russian Federation.

When state registration of changes made to the charter of a political party, the federal authorized body does not have the right to present requirements to the political party that are not related to the changes made to its charter. (Clause as amended by Federal Law dated March 21, 2002 N 31-FZ)

The Russian Federation recognizes political diversity and multi-party systems. Based on this constitutional principle, the state guarantees the equality of political parties before the law, regardless of the ideology, goals and objectives set out in their constituent and program documents.

The state ensures compliance with the rights and legitimate interests of political parties.

Chapter I. General provisions

Article 1. Subject of regulation of this Federal Law

The subject of regulation of this Federal Law is social relations arising in connection with the exercise by citizens of the Russian Federation of the right to unite in political parties and the peculiarities of the creation, activities, reorganization and liquidation of political parties in the Russian Federation.

Article 2. The right of citizens of the Russian Federation to unite in political parties

The right of citizens of the Russian Federation to unite in political parties includes the right to create political parties on a voluntary basis in accordance with their convictions, the right to join political parties or to refrain from joining political parties, the right to participate in the activities of political parties in accordance with their charters, as well as the right to freely leave political parties.

Article 3. The concept of a political party and its structure

1. A political party is a public association created for the purpose of participation of citizens of the Russian Federation in the political life of society through the formation and expression of their political will, participation in public and political actions, in elections and referendums, as well as for the purpose of representing the interests of citizens in government bodies authorities and local governments.

2. A political party must meet the following requirements:

a political party must have regional branches in more than half of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, while only one regional branch of a given political party can be created in a constituent entity of the Russian Federation;

a political party must consist of at least ten thousand members of the political party, while in more than half of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the political party must have regional branches of at least one hundred members of the political party in accordance with paragraph 6 of Article 23 of this Federal Law. In other regional branches, the number of each of them cannot be less than fifty members of a political party in accordance with paragraph 6 of Article 23 of this Federal Law;

the governing and other bodies of a political party, its regional branches and other structural units must be located on the territory of the Russian Federation.

3. In this Federal Law, a regional branch of a political party is understood as a structural unit of a political party created by decision of its authorized governing body and operating on the territory of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation. In a subject of the Russian Federation that includes an autonomous okrug (autonomous okrugs), a single regional branch of a political party may be created. Other structural divisions of a political party (local and primary branches) are created in cases and in the manner provided for by its charter.

4. The goals and objectives of a political party are set out in its charter and program.

The main goals of a political party are:

formation of public opinion;

political education and upbringing of citizens;

expressing the opinions of citizens on any issues of public life, bringing these opinions to the attention of the general public and government bodies;

nomination of candidates for elections to legislative (representative) bodies of state power and representative bodies of local self-government, participation in elections to these bodies and in their work.

Article 4. Legislation of the Russian Federation on political parties

The activities of political parties are based on the Constitution of the Russian Federation and are regulated by federal constitutional laws, this Federal Law and other federal laws.

Article 5. Territorial scope of activity of a political party

A political party has the right to carry out its activities throughout the entire territory of the Russian Federation.

Article 6. Name of the political party

1. In the name of a political party, both full and abbreviated, it is not allowed to use the names of other political parties existing in the Russian Federation and other all-Russian public associations, as well as political parties that have ceased their activities due to liquidation in connection with a violation of paragraph 1 of Article 9 of this Federal Law.

2. The name of a political party may not use the names of state authorities and local government bodies, as well as the first and (or) last name of a citizen.

3. Regional branches and other structural divisions of a political party use the name of this political party indicating their territorial affiliation.

4. A political party may use in its name the words “Russia”, “Russian Federation” and words and phrases formed on their basis.

5. The name of a political party must comply with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation on the protection of intellectual property and (or) copyright. It is prohibited to use the name of a political party that offends racial, national or religious feelings.

6. Public associations that are not political parties cannot use the word “party” in their name.

Article 7. Symbols of a political party

1. A political party may have its own emblem and other symbols, the exact description of which must be contained in the charter of the political party. The symbols of a political party should not coincide with the state symbols of the Russian Federation, the state symbols of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the symbols of municipalities, as well as the state symbols of foreign states.

2. Emblems and other symbols of political parties and other all-Russian public associations existing in the Russian Federation, as well as emblems and other symbols of organizations whose activities are prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation cannot be used as an emblem and other symbols of a political party.

3. The symbols of a political party must comply with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation on the protection of intellectual property and (or) copyrights. It is prohibited to use symbols that insult or discredit the State Flag of the Russian Federation, the State Emblem of the Russian Federation, the State Anthem of the Russian Federation, flags, coats of arms, anthems of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, municipalities, foreign states, religious symbols, as well as symbols that insult racial, national or religious feelings.

Article 8. Basic principles of activity of political parties

1. The activities of political parties are based on the principles of voluntariness, equality, self-government, legality and transparency. Political parties are free to determine their internal structure, goals, forms and methods of activity, with the exception of the restrictions established by this Federal Law.

2. The activities of political parties should not violate the rights and freedoms of man and citizen guaranteed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

3. Political parties act publicly, information about their constituent and program documents is publicly available.

4. Political parties must create equal opportunities for men and women, citizens of the Russian Federation of different nationalities who are members of a political party, for representation in the governing bodies of a political party, in the lists of candidates for deputies and for other elective positions in state authorities and local governments.

Article 9. Restrictions on the creation and activities of political parties

1. The creation and activities of political parties are prohibited, the goals or actions of which are aimed at violently changing the foundations of the constitutional system and violating the integrity of the Russian Federation, undermining the security of the state, creating armed and paramilitary formations, inciting social, racial, national or religious hatred.

2. The inclusion in the charters and programs of political parties of provisions on the protection of ideas of social justice, as well as the activities of political parties aimed at protecting social justice, cannot be considered as inciting social discord.

3. The creation of political parties based on professional, racial, national or religious affiliation is not allowed.

In this Federal Law, the signs of professional, racial, national or religious affiliation mean the indication in the charter and program of a political party of the goals of protecting professional, racial, national or religious interests, as well as the reflection of these goals in the name of the political party.

A political party should not consist of persons of the same profession.

4. Structural divisions of political parties are created and operate only on a territorial basis. The creation of structural subdivisions of political parties in government bodies and local self-government bodies, in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, in law enforcement and other government agencies, in state and non-state organizations is not allowed.

5. The activities of political parties and their structural subdivisions in government bodies and local government bodies (with the exception of legislative (representative) government bodies and representative local government bodies), in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, in law enforcement and other government bodies, in apparatuses of legislative (representative) bodies of state power, in state organizations. The interference of political parties in the educational process of educational institutions is prohibited.

6. The creation and activity on the territory of the Russian Federation of political parties of foreign states and structural divisions of these parties is not allowed.

7. In the event of a state of emergency or martial law being introduced throughout the Russian Federation or in its individual localities, the activities of political parties are carried out in accordance with the federal constitutional law on a state of emergency or martial law.

Article 10. State and political parties

1. Interference by public authorities and their officials in the activities of political parties, as well as interference of political parties in the activities of public authorities and their officials, is not permitted.

2. Issues affecting the interests of political parties are resolved by state authorities and local governments with the participation of the relevant political parties or in agreement with them.

3. Persons holding state or municipal positions, and persons in state or municipal service, do not have the right to use the advantages of their official or official position in the interests of the political party of which they are members, or in the interests of any other political party. These persons, with the exception of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, deputies of other legislative (representative) bodies of state power and deputies of representative bodies of local self-government, cannot be bound by the decisions of a political party in the performance of their official or official duties.

4. The President of the Russian Federation has the right to suspend his membership in a political party for the duration of his powers.

Chapter II. Creation of a political party

Article 11. Methods for creating a political party

1. A political party is created freely, without permission from state authorities and officials. A political party can be created at the founding congress of a political party or by transforming an all-Russian public organization or an all-Russian social movement into a political party at a congress of an all-Russian public organization or an all-Russian social movement.

2. A political party is considered created from the day the founding congress adopted decisions on the creation of a political party, on the formation of its regional branches in more than half of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, on the adoption of the charter of the political party and on the adoption of its program, on the formation of the governing and control and audit bodies of the political parties. Delegates to the founding congress of a political party are the founders of the political party.

3. From the date of its creation, a political party carries out organizational, information and propaganda activities related to the formation of regional branches of the political party and the receipt of a certificate of state registration by the political party.

4. In the event of transformation of an all-Russian public organization or an all-Russian social movement into a political party, the congress of the all-Russian public organization or all-Russian social movement makes decisions on the transformation of the all-Russian public organization or all-Russian social movement into a political party, on the transformation of their regional divisions in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation into regional branches political party, on the adoption of the charter of the political party and on the adoption of its program, on the formation of the governing and control and audit bodies of the political party.

5. When creating a political party by transforming an all-Russian public organization or an all-Russian social movement into a political party, the political party is considered created from the date of making the corresponding entry in the unified state register of legal entities.

Article 12. Organizing Committee

1. To prepare, convene and hold the founding congress of a political party, citizens of the Russian Federation who have the right to be members of a political party shall form an organizing committee consisting of at least ten people.

2. The organizing committee notifies in writing the federal executive body authorized to carry out state registration of political parties (hereinafter referred to as the federal registration body) of its intention to create a political party and indicates its intended name. Along with the notification, the following are sent to the specified authority:

a) information about at least ten members of the organizing committee (surnames, first names, patronymics, dates of birth, citizenship, contact numbers);

b) minutes of the meeting of the organizing committee, which indicates the purpose of its creation, term of office (but not more than one year), location, procedure for using funds and other property of the organizing committee, as well as information about the member of the organizing committee authorized to open a current account for formation of funds of the organizing committee and enter into civil contracts to ensure its activities (hereinafter - the authorized person of the organizing committee) (last name, first name, patronymic, date of birth, address of residence, citizenship, series and number of passport or a replacement document, contact phone number) .

3. The federal registration body or the territorial body of the federal registration body (hereinafter referred to as the territorial registration body), on the day of receipt of the notification and other documents specified in paragraph 2 of this article, issues a document confirming their submission to the authorized person of the organizing committee.

4. The organizing committee, within a month from the date of issuance of the document specified in paragraph 3 of this article, publishes in one or more all-Russian periodicals information about the intention to create a political party and about the submission of relevant documents to the federal registration body.

Article 13. Activities of the organizing committee

1. The organizing committee independently determines the order of its activities. During its term of office, the organizing committee holds the founding congress of the political party. For these purposes, the organizing committee:

carries out organizational, information and propaganda activities aimed at forming regional branches of the political party being created in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, including holding meetings of supporters of the political party being created to elect delegates to the founding congress of the political party;

opens, through an authorized person of the organizing committee, a current account in one of the credit institutions of the Russian Federation and reports this to the federal registration authority.

2. The funds of the organizing committee are formed from donations to political parties, the collection of which is carried out in accordance with the requirements of Article 30 of this Federal Law.

3. After the founding congress of a political party, the organizing committee ceases its activities. In this case, the funds and other property of the organizing committee, as well as a financial report on their use, which indicates the sources of receipt of funds and other property, are transferred to the established political party.

4. If the organizing committee does not hold the founding congress of the political party during its term of office, after this period the organizing committee ceases its activities. In this case, the remaining funds of the organizing committee are transferred to donors in proportion to the donations made, other property is returned to the donors. If it is impossible to return, the remaining funds and other property of the organizing committee shall be transferred to the income of the Russian Federation.

Article 14. Founding congress of a political party or congress of an all-Russian public organization or all-Russian social movement, convened for their transformation into a political party

1. Information about the place and date of the founding congress of a political party or a congress of an all-Russian public organization or an all-Russian social movement convened to transform them into a political party, the organizing committee or an all-Russian public organization or an all-Russian social movement publishes in Rossiyskaya Gazeta or other all-Russian periodicals printed publications. The specified information is published no later than a month before the convening of the founding congress of a political party or a congress of an all-Russian public organization or an all-Russian social movement convened to transform them into a political party.

"Rossiyskaya Gazeta" is obliged to publish, free of charge, information about the place and date of the founding congress of a political party or a congress of an all-Russian public organization or an all-Russian social movement convened to transform them into a political party, within two weeks from the date of submission of this information to the publication.

2. The founding congress of a political party is considered competent if delegates representing more than half of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and predominantly residing in these constituent entities of the Russian Federation took part in its work. The norm for the representation of delegates to the founding congress is established by the organizing committee on the basis that each of the specified constituent entities of the Russian Federation must be represented by at least three delegates. Decisions of the founding congress of a political party, provided for in paragraph 2 of Article 11 of this Federal Law, are adopted by a majority vote of the delegates to the founding congress of the political party.

3. The decision to transform an all-Russian public organization or an all-Russian social movement into a political party and other decisions are made by the congress of the all-Russian public organization or an all-Russian social movement in accordance with their charters. A congress of an all-Russian public organization or an all-Russian social movement is considered competent if delegates representing regional branches of an all-Russian public organization or an all-Russian social movement located in the territories of more than half of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and predominantly residing in these constituent entities of the Russian Federation took part in its work. The norm for the representation of congress delegates is established at the rate of at least three delegates from each of the specified regional branches. The creation of an organizational committee in the case of transformation of an all-Russian public organization or an all-Russian social movement into a political party is not required.

4. After the founding congress of a political party or a congress of an all-Russian public organization or an all-Russian social movement, which has decided to transform an all-Russian public organization or an all-Russian social movement into a political party, the political party, within a month, submits the main provisions of its program to Rossiyskaya Gazeta for publication . "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" is obliged, within a month after the submission of these provisions, to publish free of charge the main provisions of the political party's program in a volume of at least two hundred newspaper lines.

Chapter III. State registration of a political party

Article 15. State registration of a political party and its regional branches

1. A political party and its regional branches are subject to state registration in the manner prescribed by this Federal Law. A political party and its regional branches carry out their activities in full, including as legal entities, from the moment of state registration. A document confirming the state registration of a political party or its regional branch is a certificate of state registration of a political party or its regional branch.

2. State registration of a political party and its regional branches is carried out respectively by the federal registration authority and territorial registration authorities (hereinafter referred to as the registration authorities).

3. The documents required for state registration of a political party are submitted to the federal registration authority no later than six months from the date of the founding congress of a political party or the congress of an all-Russian public organization or an all-Russian social movement that made a decision on the transformation of an all-Russian public organization or an all-Russian social movement to a political party.

4. State registration of regional branches of a political party is carried out after the state registration of the political party, while in more than half of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, state registration of regional branches of a political party must be carried out no later than six months from the date of state registration of the political party.

5. When establishing compliance of the documents required for state registration of a political party or its regional branch with the requirements of this Federal Law, the registration authorities, no later than one month from the date of receipt of the documents, issue to the authorized person of the political party or its regional branch a certificate of state registration of the political party or its regional branch regional office.

6. If a political party, within a month from the date of expiration of the period provided for in paragraph 4 of this article, does not submit to the federal registration body copies of certificates of state registration of its regional branches in more than half of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, a certificate of state registration of the political party is declared invalid, and the record of the creation of this political party is excluded from the unified state register of legal entities.

7. The deadlines provided for in paragraphs 4 and 6 of this article are extended if the decision to refuse state registration of a regional branch of a political party is appealed to the court and on the day of expiration of the specified deadlines the court decision has not entered into legal force.

8. If the charter of a political party provides for the granting of legal entity rights to another structural unit of a political party, the state registration of such a structural unit is carried out in the manner prescribed for the state registration of a regional branch of a political party. In this case, the structural unit of a political party is subject to the requirements established by this Federal Law for state registration of regional branches of a political party, with the exception of the paragraphs of the second and third paragraph 2 of Article 3 of this Federal Law.

9. For state registration of a political party and its regional branches, a registration fee is charged in the manner prescribed by the legislation of the Russian Federation.
The registration fee for state registration of a political party is fifty times the minimum wage established by federal law as of March 1 of the year preceding the year of state registration of a political party. The registration fee for state registration of a regional branch of a political party is three times the minimum wage established by federal law as of March 1 of the year preceding the year of state registration of the regional branch of a political party.

Article 16. Documents submitted for state registration of a political party created at the founding congress of a political party

1. For state registration of a political party created at the founding congress of a political party, the following documents are submitted to the federal registration authority:

a) an application signed by authorized persons of the political party, indicating their surnames, first names, patronymics, residential addresses and contact telephone numbers;

b) the charter of the political party in two copies, bound, numbered, certified by authorized persons of the political party;

c) the program of a political party, certified by authorized persons of the political party;

d) copies of decisions of the founding congress of a political party certified by authorized persons of a political party on the creation of a political party, on the adoption of the charter of a political party and on the adoption of its program, on the creation of regional branches of a political party, on the formation of its governing and control and audit bodies, indicating data on representation delegates to this convention and voting results;

g) a copy of an all-Russian periodical printed publication in which information about the place and date of the founding congress of a political party is published;

h) copies of minutes of conferences or general meetings of regional branches of a political party held in more than half of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, certified by authorized persons of the regional branches of a political party, indicating the number of members of the political party in its regional branches, meeting the requirements of paragraph 2 of Article 3 of this Federal Law, as well as location of the governing bodies of regional branches of a political party.

Article 17. Documents submitted for state registration of a political party created by transforming an all-Russian public organization or an all-Russian social movement into a political party

1. For state registration of a political party created by transforming an all-Russian public organization or an all-Russian social movement into a political party, the following documents are submitted to the federal registration authority:

a) a statement signed by authorized persons of an all-Russian public organization, an all-Russian social movement or other body responsible for their transformation into a political party, indicating the last names, first names, patronymics, residential addresses and contact telephone numbers of such persons;

b) the charter of a political party in two copies, bound, numbered, certified by authorized persons of an all-Russian public organization, an all-Russian social movement or other body responsible for their transformation into a political party;

c) the program of a political party, certified by authorized persons of an all-Russian public organization, an all-Russian social movement or other body responsible for their transformation into a political party;

d) copies of decisions of the congress of an all-Russian public organization or all-Russian social movement on their transformation into a political party, on the adoption of the charter of a political party and on the adoption of it, certified by authorized persons of an all-Russian public organization, an all-Russian social movement or other body responsible for their transformation into a political party programs on the transformation of regional branches of an all-Russian public organization or an all-Russian social movement into regional branches of a political party, on the formation of its governing and control and audit bodies, indicating data on the representation of delegates at this congress and the voting results;

e) document confirming payment of the registration fee;

f) document providing the legal address of the political party;

g) a copy of an all-Russian periodical printed publication in which information about the place and date of the congress of an all-Russian public organization or an all-Russian social movement convened to transform them into a political party is published;

h) copies of the minutes of conferences or general meetings of regional branches of the all-Russian public organization or all-Russian social movement held in more than half of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation with decisions on the transformation of regional branches of the all-Russian public organization or all-Russian social movement, certified by authorized persons to the regional branches of a political party and indicating the number of members of the political party in its regional branches, corresponding to the requirements of paragraph 2 of Article 3 of this Federal Law, as well as the location of the governing bodies of the regional branches of the political party;

i) a deed of transfer of an all-Russian public organization or an all-Russian social movement, drawn up in accordance with the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.

2. On the day of receipt of the documents specified in paragraph 1 of this article, the federal registration authority issues a document confirming their receipt to authorized persons of the political party. The federal registration body does not have the right to require a political party to submit documents not provided for in paragraph 1 of this article for state registration of a political party.

Article 18. Documents submitted for state registration of a regional branch of a political party

1. For state registration of a regional branch of a political party, the following documents are submitted to the territorial registration authority:

a) a copy of the decision of the founding congress of a political party or a congress of an all-Russian public organization or an all-Russian social movement on the creation (transformation) of regional (territorial) branches of a political party or a copy of the decision of the authorized body of a political party on the creation (transformation) of regional (territorial) branches of a political party;

b) a copy of the certificate of state registration of the political party certified by authorized persons of the political party;

c) copies of the charter and program of the political party certified by authorized persons of the political party;

d) a copy of the minutes of the conference or general meeting of the regional branch of the political party, certified by authorized persons of the regional branch of the political party, indicating the number of members of the political party in its regional branch, as well as the location of the governing bodies of the regional branch of the political party;

e) document confirming payment of the registration fee;

f) a document confirming the provision of a legal address to the regional branch of a political party.

2. On the day of receipt of the documents specified in paragraph 1 of this article, the territorial registration authority issues a document confirming their receipt to authorized persons of the political party. The territorial registration authority does not have the right to require a political party to submit documents not provided for in paragraph 1 of this article for state registration of a regional branch of a political party.

Article 19. Information about registered political parties

1. Information on the creation and liquidation of political parties is published in all-Russian periodicals.

2. Registration authorities make entries on the state registration of political parties and their regional branches in the unified state register of legal entities, open to the public.

3. Within two months from the date of entry into force of this Federal Law, the federal registration authority opens a special website in the public information and telecommunications network and publishes the address of this website in Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

4. The federal registration body annually publishes a list of political parties and their regional branches as of January 1 in all-Russian periodicals and places this list on a special website in the public information and telecommunications network, indicating the date of registration of each political party and each regional branch of the political party. parties. This website also annually publishes consolidated financial reports of political parties, contact numbers of permanent governing bodies of political parties and their regional branches and other open information about political parties.

5. Registration bodies, at the request of the relevant election commissions, provide them, within ten days from the date of receipt of the request, with lists of political parties and their regional branches that meet the requirements of paragraph 2 of Article 36 of this Federal Law as of the day of receipt of the corresponding request.

6. Information about members of a political party submitted to the registration authorities for information is classified as information with limited access. Disclosure of information specified in this paragraph without the consent of the relevant members of a political party entails liability established by the legislation of the Russian Federation.

Article 20. Grounds for refusal of state registration of a political party or its regional branch

1. A political party may be denied state registration if:

a) the provisions of the charter of a political party contradict the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal constitutional laws, this Federal Law and other federal laws;

b) the name and (or) symbols of a political party do not comply with the requirements of Articles 6 and 7 of this Federal Law;

c) the documents required in accordance with this Federal Law for state registration of a political party have not been submitted;

d) the federal registration authority has established that the information contained in the documents submitted for state registration of a political party does not comply with the requirements of this Federal Law;

e) the deadlines established by this Federal Law for the submission of documents required for state registration of a political party have been violated.

2. A regional branch of a political party may be denied state registration if:

a) the documents required in accordance with this Federal Law for state registration of the regional branch of a political party have not been submitted;

b) the territorial registration authority has established that the information contained in the documents submitted for state registration of the regional branch of a political party does not comply with the requirements of this Federal Law.

3. The program of a political party is presented solely for the information of the federal registration authority. Any errors or inaccuracies in the program of a political party cannot serve as grounds for refusal of state registration of a political party, with the exception of violation of the requirements of paragraph 1 of Article 9 of this Federal Law. A federal registration agency is prohibited from requiring a political party to make any changes to its program.

4. If the registration authorities make a decision to refuse state registration of a political party or its regional branch, the applicant is informed about this in writing no later than a month from the date of receipt of the submitted documents, indicating the specific provisions of the legislation of the Russian Federation, the violation of which entailed the refusal in the state registration of a given political party or its regional branch.

5. Refusal of state registration or evasion of state registration of a political party or its regional branch may be appealed in court. An application by a political party or its regional branch to appeal a refusal of state registration is considered by the court within a month from the date of filing the application. Refusal of state registration of a political party or its regional branch is not an obstacle to repeated submission of documents to the registration authorities for state registration of a political party or its regional branch, provided that the grounds that caused such refusal are eliminated. Registration authorities consider repeated submissions of documents and make decisions on them in the manner prescribed by this Federal Law for state registration of a political party or its regional branch.

6. The federal registration body is obliged, within a month after the entry into force of this Federal Law, to approve and publish in Rossiyskaya Gazeta samples of documents required for state registration of a political party and its regional branch.

7. Samples of documents required for state registration of a political party and its regional branch are also posted by the federal registration authority on a special website in the public information and telecommunications network within a month after their approval.

Chapter IV. Internal structure of a political party

Article 21. Charter of a political party

1. A political party, its regional branches and other structural divisions act on the basis of the charter of the political party and in accordance with it.

2. The charter of a political party must contain provisions defining:

a) the goals and objectives of the political party;

b) the name of the political party, including its abbreviation, as well as a description of the symbols (if any);

c) the conditions and procedure for acquiring and losing membership in a political party, the rights and obligations of its members;

d) the procedure for registering members of a political party;

e) the procedure for the creation, reorganization and liquidation of a political party, its regional branches and other structural units;

f) the procedure for electing the governing and control and audit bodies of a political party, its regional branches and other structural units, the term of office and competence of these bodies;

g) the procedure for making changes and additions to the charter of a political party and its program;

h) the rights of a political party, its regional branches and other structural units in the field of managing funds and other property, the financial responsibility of the political party, its regional branches and other structural units and the reporting procedure of the political party, its regional branches and other structural units;

i) the procedure for nominating candidates (lists of candidates) from a political party for deputies and other elective positions in government bodies and local government bodies;

j) the grounds and procedure for recalling candidates nominated by a political party, registered candidates for deputies and other elective positions in state authorities and local self-government bodies.

3. The charter of a political party may contain other provisions related to its activities and not contradicting the legislation of the Russian Federation.

4. Changes and additions made to the charter of a political party are subject to state registration within the time limits provided for by this Federal Law. For state registration of changes and additions to the charter of a political party, a registration fee is charged in the amount of three minimum wages established by federal law as of March 1 of the year preceding the year of state registration of changes and additions to the charter of a political party.

When registering changes and additions made to the charter of a political party, the federal registration body does not have the right to impose requirements on the political party that are not related to the changes and additions made to its charter.

Article 22. Program of a political party

1. A political party must have a program that defines the principles of activity of the political party, its goals and objectives, as well as methods for achieving goals and solving problems.

2. Changes and additions made to the program of a political party are submitted to the federal registration authority for information within a month after their introduction.

Article 23. Membership in a political party

1. Membership in a political party is voluntary and individual.

2. Citizens of the Russian Federation who have reached the age of 18 can be members of a political party. Foreign citizens and stateless persons, as well as citizens of the Russian Federation recognized by the court as incompetent, are not entitled to be members of a political party.

3. Admission to a political party is carried out on the basis of personal written applications from citizens of the Russian Federation in the manner prescribed by the charter of the political party.

4. Members of a political party participate in the activities of the political party, have rights and bear responsibilities in accordance with its charter.

5. Members of a political party have the right to elect and be elected to the governing bodies of the political party, its regional branches and other structural units, to receive information about the activities of the political party and its governing bodies, as well as to appeal the decisions and actions of these bodies in the manner prescribed by the charter of the political party parties.

6. A citizen of the Russian Federation can be a member of only one political party. A member of a political party can be a member of only one regional branch of a given political party - at the place of permanent or primary residence.

7. It is prohibited to require citizens of the Russian Federation to indicate membership in a political party or lack thereof when submitting official information about themselves.

8. Membership of a citizen of the Russian Federation in a political party or lack thereof cannot serve as a basis for restricting his rights and freedoms, nor be a condition for granting him any advantages.

9. Members of a political party are not bound by the decisions of the political party in the performance of their official or official duties, with the exception of persons working in the governing and control and audit bodies of the political party, its regional branches or other structural units.

10. Membership in a political party cannot be limited on the basis of professional, social, racial, national or religious affiliation, as well as depending on gender, origin, property status, or place of residence. Restrictions on the right to join a political party or the obligation to suspend membership in a political party may be established for certain categories of citizens of the Russian Federation by federal constitutional laws and federal laws.

Article 24. Governing bodies of a political party and its regional branches

1. The highest governing body of a political party is the congress of the political party.

2. The highest governing body of the regional branch of a political party is the conference or general meeting of the regional branch of the political party.

3. The election of the governing bodies of a political party must be carried out at least once every four years.

4. The election of the governing bodies of regional branches of a political party must be carried out at least once every two years.

Article 25. Procedure for adopting the charter, program of a political party and other important decisions

1. Adoption of the charter and program of a political party, introduction of changes and additions to them, election of the governing and control and audit bodies of the political party, nomination by the political party of candidates (lists of candidates) for deputies and for other elective positions in state authorities and local self-government bodies, consideration of issues of reorganization or liquidation of a political party and its regional branches is carried out at the congress of the political party, in which delegates from regional branches of the political party formed in more than half of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation take part. Decisions on these issues are made in accordance with the charter of the political party by a majority vote of the delegates present at the congress of the political party.

2. Decisions on the election of the governing and control and audit bodies of regional branches of a political party, on the nomination by regional branches of a political party of candidates (lists of candidates) for deputies and for other elective positions in government bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and local government bodies are made at a conference or general meeting of regional branches of a political party in accordance with the charter of the political party by a majority vote of delegates present at the conference or general meeting of regional branches of the political party.

3. Decisions on the election of the governing and control and audit bodies of a political party and its regional branches, as well as on the nomination of candidates (lists of candidates) for deputies and other elective positions in government bodies and local self-government bodies are made by secret ballot.

4. Decisions on other issues of the activities of a political party, its regional branches and other structural units are made in accordance with the charter of the political party.

Chapter V. Rights and obligations of a political party

Article 26. Rights of a political party

A political party, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Russian Federation, has the right:

a) freely disseminate information about their activities, promote their views, goals and objectives;

b) participate in the development of decisions of state authorities and local self-government bodies in the manner and extent established by this Federal Law and other laws;

c) participate in elections and referendums in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation;

d) create regional, local and primary branches, including those with the rights of a legal entity, make decisions on their reorganization and liquidation;

e) organize and conduct meetings, rallies, demonstrations, processions, pickets and other public events;

f) establish publishing houses, news agencies, printing enterprises, mass media and educational institutions of further education for adults;

g) use state and municipal media on equal terms;

h) create associations and alliances with other political parties and other public associations without forming a legal entity;

i) protect their rights and represent the legitimate interests of their members;

j) establish and maintain international relations with political parties and other public associations of foreign states, join international unions and associations;

k) carry out business activities in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation and the charter of the political party.

A political party is authorized to carry out other activities established by the legislation of the Russian Federation.

Article 27. Obligations of a political party

1. A political party is obliged:

a) comply in their activities with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal constitutional laws, federal laws and other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation, as well as the charter of a political party;

b) annually submit to the registration authorities information on the number of members of the political party in each of the regional branches, on the continuation of its activities, indicating the location of the permanent governing body, as well as copies of the consolidated financial report of the political party and financial (accounting) submitted to the tax authorities of the Russian Federation ) reports of its regional branches and other structural units with the rights of a legal entity (hereinafter referred to as registered structural units);

c) admit representatives of registration authorities to open events (including congresses, conferences or general meetings) held by a political party, its regional branches and other structural units;

d) notify in advance the election commission of the appropriate level about the conduct of events related to the nomination of their candidates (lists of candidates) for deputies and other elective positions in state authorities and local governments, and allow representatives of the election commission of the appropriate level to these events.

2. A political party and its regional branches annually submit to the registration authorities information on the number of registered candidates nominated by the political party, its regional branches and other structural divisions (including as part of an electoral bloc) for deputies and for other elective positions in government bodies and local government bodies, as well as information on lists of candidates for deputies registered by election commissions. The specified information is presented in the form of a copy of the protocol on the election results, certified by the election commission of the appropriate level.

Article 28. Property of a political party

1. A political party may own any property necessary to ensure its activities provided for by this Federal Law and the charter of the political party.

2. The owner of the property of a political party, including the property of its regional branches and other structural divisions, is the political party as a whole. Members of a political party have no rights in relation to the property of the political party. Regional branches and other registered structural divisions of a political party have the right to operationally manage the property assigned to them by the owner, and have an independent balance sheet or estimate.

3. The property of a political party is used only to implement the goals and solve the tasks provided for by the charter and program of the political party.

4. Regional branches and other registered structural divisions of a political party are liable for their obligations with the property at their disposal. If the specified property is insufficient, the political party bears subsidiary liability for the obligations of the regional branch or other registered structural unit of the political party.

5. Responsibility for the financial activities of a political party, its regional branches and other registered structural units lies with authorized persons appointed in accordance with the charter of the political party.

Article 29. Funds of a political party

1. The funds of a political party are formed from:

a) entrance and membership fees, if their payment is provided for by the charter of the political party;

b) federal budget funds provided in accordance with this Federal Law;

c) donations;

d) receipts from events held by a political party, its regional branches and other structural divisions, as well as income from business activities;

e) proceeds from civil transactions;

f) other receipts not prohibited by law.

2. Funds of a political party are placed in accounts in credit institutions registered on the territory of the Russian Federation. A political party, its regional branches and other registered structural units have the right to have only one current account.

Article 30. Donations to a political party and its regional branches

1. A political party and its regional branches have the right to accept donations in the form of cash and other property from individuals and legal entities, provided that these donations are documented and their source is indicated.

2. Donations to a political party and its regional branches in the form of funds are made by bank transfer. Donations from individuals are allowed by transferring cash to a political party and its regional branches. The total amount of annual cash donations from one individual must not exceed ten minimum wages established by federal law as of March 1 of the year preceding the year of transfer of these funds.

3. Donations to a political party and its regional branches are not allowed from:

a) foreign states and foreign legal entities;

b) foreign citizens;

c) stateless persons;

d) citizens of the Russian Federation under the age of 18;

e) Russian legal entities with foreign participation, if the share of foreign participation in their authorized (share) capital exceeds 30 percent on the day of making the donation (for open joint-stock companies - on the day of compiling the list of shareholders for the previous year);

f) international organizations and international social movements;

g) state authorities and local governments;

h) state and municipal organizations;

i) legal entities that have in their authorized (share) capital a share of state or municipal property exceeding 30 percent on the day of making the donation;

j) military units, military organizations, law enforcement agencies;

k) charitable organizations and religious associations, as well as from organizations established by them;

l) anonymous donors;

m) legal entities registered less than one year before the date of the donation.

4. Donations specified in paragraph 3 of this article, as well as donations, the transfer of which entails exceeding the amount specified in paragraph 9 of this article, a political party or its regional branch must return to the donors within a month from the date of receipt, and in the case impossibility of transferring the return to the income of the Russian Federation.

5. A legal entity, when transferring a donation in the form of funds to a political party or its regional branch, transfers them to the account of the political party or its regional branch in a credit institution, indicating the details provided for by the rules of non-cash payments for legal entities, and puts a note on the absence in the payment order restrictions on donations provided for in paragraph 3 of this article.

6. A citizen of the Russian Federation, when transferring a donation in the form of funds to a political party or its regional branch, transfers them to the account of the political party or its regional branch in a credit organization personally from his own funds, presenting a passport or a substitute document and indicating in the payment order or in the money translation of last name, first name, patronymic and date of birth. When a citizen of the Russian Federation makes a donation by transferring cash to a political party or its regional branch in accordance with paragraph 2 of this article, the surname, name, patronymic and date of birth of the donor are indicated in the receipt order.

7. If the donation is not made in the form of money, the political party or its regional branch evaluates it in monetary terms in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation and enters the relevant data, including information about the donor specified in paragraphs 5 and 6 of this article, in the consolidated financial report of a political party or the financial (accounting) report of the regional branch of a political party.

8. The amount of donations received by a political party, including its regional branches, from one legal entity during a calendar year must not exceed one hundred thousand minimum wages established by federal law as of March 1 of the year preceding the year of donations. The amount of donations received by a political party, including its regional branches, from one individual during a calendar year must not exceed ten thousand minimum wages established by federal law as of March 1 of the year preceding the year of donations.

9. The total amount of annual donations received by a political party and its regional branches should not exceed ten million of the minimum wage established by federal law as of March 1 of the year preceding the reporting year. At the same time, the amount of annual donations received by the regional branch of a political party should not exceed two hundred thousand minimum wages established by federal law as of March 1 of the year preceding the reporting year.

Article 31. Economic activities of a political party

1. A political party is independent in resolving economic issues to support its activities, including issues of remuneration, entrepreneurial activity, receipt and use of funds and other property.

2. Employees of the apparatus of a political party, its regional branches and other structural divisions working under an employment agreement (contract) are subject to the legislation of the Russian Federation on labor and social insurance.

A political party, its regional branches and other structural units have the right to conclude fixed-term employment agreements (contracts) with employees of the political party apparatus for a period not exceeding the term of office of the governing bodies of the political party, its regional branches or other structural units.

3. In order to create financial and material conditions for realizing the goals and solving problems provided for by the charter and program of a political party, a political party, its regional branches and other structural divisions have the right to carry out the following types of business activities:

b) production and sale of souvenirs with the symbols and (or) name of a political party, as well as production and sale of publishing and printing products;

c) sale and lease of movable and immovable property owned by a political party.

4. A political party, its regional branches and other structural divisions do not have the right to carry out types of business activities not specified in paragraph 3 of this article.

5. Income from the business activities of a political party, its regional branches and other structural units cannot be redistributed among members of the political party and must be used only for the purposes provided for by its charter.

6. The results of the economic activities of a political party, its regional branches and other structural divisions must be reflected in the consolidated financial report of the political party and the financial (accounting) reports of its regional branches and other registered structural divisions.

7. A political party, its regional branches and other structural divisions have the right to carry out charitable activities.

Chapter VI. State support for political parties

Article 32. Types of state support for political parties

1. Federal government bodies, government bodies of constituent entities of the Russian Federation and local self-government bodies provide support on equal terms to political parties, their regional branches and other structural units through:

a) ensuring equal conditions and guarantees of access to state and municipal media;

b) creating equal conditions for the provision of premises and communications facilities that are in state and (or) municipal ownership, on terms similar to the conditions for their provision to state and municipal institutions;

c) ensuring equal conditions for participation in election campaigns, referendums, public and political events.

2. State support for political parties is also provided through their state financing in accordance with Article 33 of this Federal Law.

3. State funding of a political party is suspended in the event of suspension of its activities, as well as in the event of failure by the political party to comply with the requirements of Article 34 of this Federal Law.

4. In the event of liquidation of a political party, its regional branch and other structural unit, state support for this political party, its regional branch and other structural unit shall cease from the date the court decision on the liquidation of the political party, its regional branch and other structural unit enters into legal force or from the date of adoption of the corresponding decision by the authorized body of the political party. In case of reorganization of a political party, its regional branch and other structural unit, state support for this political party, its regional branch and other structural unit shall cease from the date of making the corresponding entry in the unified state register of legal entities.

Chapter VII. Public funding of political parties

Article 33. Federal budget funds allocated to political parties

1. State support of political parties through their state financing is carried out based on the results of the participation of political parties in elections in order to compensate for the financial costs of political parties from the federal budget in the manner prescribed by this Federal Law.

2. Federal budget funds allocated for state financing of political parties are provided for in a separate line in accordance with the budget classification of the Russian Federation.

3. The total amount of federal budget funds allocated for state financing of political parties cannot be less than 0.005 of the minimum wage established by federal law as of March 1 of the year preceding the year of allocation of these funds, and multiplied by the number of voters included in the voter lists for the nearest previous elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation or elections of the President of the Russian Federation.

4. Federal budget funds allocated for state financing of political parties are sent to the settlement accounts of political parties in annual and one-time transfers. The necessary calculations and transfers of these funds are carried out by the Federal Treasury based on the election results, information about which is provided to it by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.

5. Political parties have the right to receive federal budget funds in one of the following cases:

a) if the federal list of candidates nominated by a political party or electoral bloc, as part of which the political party took part in the elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, received, based on the election results, at least 3 percent of the votes of voters who took part in voting in the federal electoral district ;

b) if, according to the results of the elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, at least 12 candidates nominated by a political party or the electoral bloc specified in subparagraph “a” of this paragraph were elected in single-mandate electoral districts (provided that the person nominated by this political party or the specified electoral bloc according to the election results, the bloc federal list of candidates received less than 3 percent of the votes of voters who took part in the voting);

c) if a registered candidate for the position of President of the Russian Federation, nominated by a political party or electoral bloc, as part of which the political party took part in the elections of the President of the Russian Federation, received, based on the election results, at least 3 percent of the votes of voters who took part in the voting.

6. State funding of political parties that took part in elections independently and fall under paragraph 5 of this article is carried out:

a) based on the results of elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation - annually in the amount of 0.005 of the minimum wage established by federal law on March 1 of the year preceding the year of allocation of these funds, and multiplied by the number of votes received by the federal list of candidates nominated by the political party a party, or candidates nominated by a political party and elected to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in single-mandate electoral districts in accordance with subparagraph “b” of paragraph 5 of this article;

b) based on the results of the election of the President of the Russian Federation - a lump sum in the amount of 0.005 of the minimum wage established by federal law as of March 1 of the year preceding the year of allocation of these funds, and multiplied by the number of votes received by a registered candidate nominated by a political party for the position of President of the Russian Federation .

7. State funding of political parties that were part of the electoral bloc and subject to paragraph 5 of this article is carried out:

a) based on the results of elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation - annually in the amount of 0.005 of the minimum wage established by federal law on March 1 of the year preceding the year of allocation of these funds, and multiplied by the number of votes received by the federal list of candidates nominated by the electoral bloc, or candidates nominated by an electoral bloc and elected to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in single-mandate electoral districts in accordance with subparagraph “b” of paragraph 5 of this article;

b) based on the results of the election of the President of the Russian Federation - a lump sum in the amount of 0.005 of the minimum wage established by federal law as of March 1 of the year preceding the year of allocation of these funds, and multiplied by the number of votes received by the nominated electoral bloc as a registered candidate for the position of President of the Russian Federation .

8. Federal budget funds provided for in paragraph 7 of this article are distributed among the political parties that were part of the electoral bloc in equal shares, unless otherwise determined by the electoral bloc upon its creation.

9. Federal budget funds provided for in paragraphs 6 and 7 of this article are allocated:

a) based on the results of elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation - no later than three months from the date of official publication of the election results and thereafter annually during the entire term of office of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the corresponding convocation;

b) based on the results of the election of the President of the Russian Federation - at a time, no later than one year from the date of official publication of the election results.

10. Political parties have the right to refuse state funding provided for in paragraphs 3, 6 and 7 of this article. If a political party refuses state funding, the funds allocated to the political party from the federal budget based on the election results remain in the federal budget.

Article 34. Financial reporting of a political party

1. A political party, its regional branches and other registered structural divisions carry out financial and accounting reporting in the manner and within the time limits established by the legislation of the Russian Federation for legal entities.

2. A political party is obliged annually, no later than March 20 of the year following the reporting year, to submit to the tax authorities of the Russian Federation a consolidated financial report on the receipt and expenditure of funds in the reporting year.

3. The consolidated financial report of a political party must contain information about the sources and amounts of funds received into the accounts of the political party, its regional branches and other registered structural divisions in the reporting year, about the expenditure of these funds, as well as about the property of the political party, indicating its cost and information about its state registration. In this case, funds spent by a political party, its regional branches and other registered structural units for the preparation and conduct of elections are taken into account separately. The form of the consolidated financial report is established by the tax authorities of the Russian Federation in accordance with this Federal Law. The list of requirements for the consolidated financial report of a political party provided for in this paragraph is exhaustive.

Article 35. Control over the financial activities of a political party

1. The audit of the consolidated financial report of a political party and the financial (accounting) reports of its regional branches and other registered structural divisions is carried out by the tax authorities of the Russian Federation.

2. The consolidated financial report of a political party is posted by the federal registration authority on a special website of the public information and telecommunications network no later than two months from the date the political party submits the said report to the federal tax authority.

Chapter VIII. Participation of political parties in elections and referendums

Article 36. Participation of political parties in elections and referendums

1. A political party is the only type of public association that has the right to independently nominate candidates (lists of candidates) for deputies and other elective positions in government bodies.

2. A political party, and in cases provided for by the charter of a political party, and its regional branches have the right to take part in elections and referendums, the official publication of the decision on the appointment (conducting) of which took place after the political party submitted to the registration authorities documents confirming the state registration of its regional branches in more than half of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

3. A political party has the right to participate in elections and referendums independently, as well as to join electoral blocs with other political parties, other all-Russian public organizations and all-Russian social movements in the manner established by election legislation.

4. When nominating candidates (lists of candidates) for deputies and other elective positions in state authorities and local self-government bodies, a political party and (or) electoral bloc are obliged to publish their programs in the manner and within the time limits established by the electoral legislation.

Article 37. Recognition of a political party participating in elections

1. A political party is considered to be participating in elections in one of the following cases of voting in elections for:

a) nominated by her (or the electoral bloc of which she is a member) and registered federal list of candidates for deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation;

b) candidates nominated by it (or the electoral bloc of which it is a member) and registered candidates for deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in at least 5 percent of single-mandate electoral districts;

c) nominated by her (or the electoral bloc of which she is a member) and registered candidate for the position of President of the Russian Federation;

d) nominated by it (including as part of an electoral bloc) and registered candidates for the position of the highest official of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation (head of the highest executive body of state power of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation) in at least 10 percent of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation;

e) candidates nominated by it (including as part of an electoral bloc) and registered candidates (lists of candidates) for deputies of legislative (representative) bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in at least 20 percent of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation;

f) candidates nominated by it (including as part of an electoral bloc) and registered candidates (lists of candidates) for elections to local government bodies in more than half of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

2. A political party that has not taken part in elections for five consecutive years in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article is subject to liquidation in accordance with Article 41 of this Federal Law.

Chapter IX. Suspension of activities and liquidation of political parties

Article 38. Control over the activities of political parties

1. Control over compliance by political parties, their regional branches and other structural units with the legislation of the Russian Federation, as well as over the compliance of the activities of a political party, its regional branches and other structural units with the provisions, goals and objectives provided for by the charters of political parties, is carried out by registration authorities.

The specified bodies have the right:

a) no more than once a year, get acquainted with the documents of political parties and their regional branches, confirming the presence of regional branches and the number of members of the political party;

b) send their representatives to participate in open events held by the political party, its regional branches and other structural units (including congresses, conferences or general meetings) on the adoption of the charter and program of the political party, the introduction of changes and additions to them, the election of leadership and control and audit bodies of a political party, nomination of candidates for deputies and other elective positions in state authorities and local governments, reorganization and liquidation of a political party and its regional branches;

c) issue a written warning to a political party, its regional branch or other registered structural unit (indicating the specific grounds for issuing the warning) if they carry out activities that contradict the provisions, goals and objectives provided for by the charter of the political party. The specified warning may be appealed by a political party, its regional branch or other registered structural unit in court. If a warning is issued to a regional branch or other registered structural unit of a political party, the territorial registration body is obliged to immediately notify the federal registration body and the governing body of the political party;

d) submit to the court an application for the suspension or liquidation of a political party, its regional branch or other registered structural unit in accordance with paragraph 3 of Article 39, paragraph 3 of Article 41 and paragraph 3 of Article 42 of this Federal Law.

2. Control over the sources of income of political parties, their regional branches and other registered structural units, the amount of funds they receive and the payment of taxes is carried out by the tax authorities of the Russian Federation.

Article 39. Suspension of the activities of a political party, its regional branch and other structural unit

1. In the event of a violation by a political party of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal constitutional laws, this Federal Law and other federal laws, the federal registration body issues a written warning to the political party indicating the violations committed and sets a period for their elimination of at least two months. If the political party has not eliminated these violations within the prescribed period and the warning from the federal registration authority has not been appealed to the court, the activities of the political party may be suspended for a period of up to six months by a decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the basis of an application from the federal registration authority.

2. In case of violation by a regional branch or other structural unit of a political party of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal constitutional laws, this Federal Law and other federal laws, the relevant territorial registration body issues a written warning to the regional branch or other structural unit of the political party indicating the violations committed and sets a deadline their elimination, which is at least one month. If the regional branch or other structural unit of a political party did not eliminate these violations within the prescribed period and the warning of the territorial registration body was not appealed to the court, the activities of the regional branch or other structural unit of the political party may be suspended for a period of up to six months by decision of the supreme court of the republic, regional, regional court, court of a federal city, court of an autonomous region and autonomous district on the basis of an application from the relevant territorial registration authority.

3. Registration authorities have the right to submit to the court an application to suspend the activities of a political party, its regional branch or other structural unit after issuing two written warnings in accordance with subparagraph “c” of paragraph 1 of Article 38 of this Federal Law, if these warnings have not been appealed to the court in accordance with the procedure established by law or if they are not recognized by the court as not based on the law. An application by a federal or territorial registration body to a court to suspend the activities of a political party, its regional branch or other structural unit cannot be submitted to the court during the period it is considering complaints against these warnings.

4. If the local or primary branch of a political party is not a legal entity, the responsibility established by this Federal Law for violations committed by the specified local or primary branch shall be borne by the corresponding regional branch of the political party.

5. The activities of a political party, the federal list of which at the elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation was admitted to the distribution of deputy mandates, cannot be suspended on the grounds provided for in subparagraphs “d” and “e” of paragraph 3 of Article 41 of this Federal Law, in within four years from the day of voting in the said elections.

6. It is not allowed to suspend the activities of a political party from the day of official publication of the decision to call (hold) elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, elections of the President of the Russian Federation until the day of official publication of the results of the relevant elections, except for the cases provided for in paragraphs 1, 4 and 5 Article 9 of this Federal Law.

7. It is not permitted to suspend the activities of a regional branch of a political party from the date of official publication of the decision to call (hold) elections of deputies of the legislative (representative) body of the corresponding subject of the Russian Federation, the highest official of the corresponding subject of the Russian Federation (the head of the highest executive body of state power of the corresponding subject of the Russian Federation ) before the day of official publication of the results of the said elections, except for the cases provided for in paragraphs 1, 4 and 5 of Article 9 of this Federal Law.

Article 40. Consequences of suspension of the activities of a political party, its regional branch and other structural unit

1. In case of suspension of the activities of a political party, its regional branch or other structural unit for a period established by a court decision, the rights of the political party, its regional branch or other structural unit as the founder of the mass media are suspended, they are prohibited from using state and municipal mass media , organize and conduct meetings, rallies, demonstrations, processions, pickets and other public events, take part in elections and referendums, use bank deposits, with the exception of making payments related to the economic activities of a political party, its regional branch or other structural unit, compensation losses (damage) caused by their actions, payment of taxes and fines, and settlements under employment agreements (contracts).

2. If, during the period established by the court decision for suspending the activities of a political party, its regional branch or other structural unit, the violations that served as the basis for such suspension are eliminated, after the end of the specified period the political party, its regional branch or other structural unit resumes your activities.

3. If a political party, its regional branch or other structural subdivision fails to eliminate the violations that served as the basis for the suspension of their activities, the federal or territorial registration body that submitted an application to the court to suspend the activities of the political party, its regional branch or other structural subdivision, makes a the relevant court application for the liquidation of a given political party, its regional branch or other structural unit.

Article 41. Liquidation of a political party

1. A political party may be liquidated by decision of its highest governing body - the congress or by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.

2. The decision of the congress of a political party to liquidate a political party is made in the manner prescribed by paragraph 1 of Article 25 of this Federal Law and the charter of the political party.

3. A political party may be liquidated by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in the following cases:

b) failure to eliminate, within the period established by a court decision, violations that served as the basis for suspending the activities of a political party;

c) non-participation of a political party in elections in accordance with Article 37 of this Federal Law;

d) the absence of regional branches of a political party with at least one hundred members of the political party in more than half of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation;

D) lack of the required number of members of a political party, provided for in paragraph 2 of Article 3 of this Federal Law.

4. An application for the liquidation of a political party is submitted to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation by the federal registration authority.

5. A political party, the federal list of which at the elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation was admitted to the distribution of deputy mandates, cannot be liquidated on the grounds provided for in subparagraphs “d” and “e” of paragraph 3 of this article within four years from voting day for said elections.

6. The liquidation of a political party by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation is not allowed from the day of official publication of the decision on calling (holding) elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, elections of the President of the Russian Federation until the day of official publication of the results of these elections, except for the cases provided for in paragraph 1 Article 9 of this Federal Law.

Article 42. Liquidation of a regional branch and other structural unit of a political party

1. A regional branch and other structural unit of a political party may be liquidated by decision of the body of the political party authorized by its charter, by a court decision, as well as in the event of liquidation of the political party.

2. The liquidation of a regional branch and other structural unit of a political party by decision of the body of the political party authorized by its charter is carried out on the basis and in the manner prescribed by the charter of the political party. The said authorized body shall immediately notify the federal registration authority in writing of the decision made in order to make a corresponding entry in the unified state register of legal entities.

3. Liquidation of a regional branch or other structural unit of a political party by court decision is carried out in the following cases:

a) failure to comply with the requirements of paragraphs 1, 4 and 5 of Article 9 of this Federal Law;

b) failure to eliminate, within the period established by a court decision, violations that served as the basis for suspending the activities of a regional branch or other structural unit of a political party;

c) the absence in the regional branch of a political party of the required number of members of the political party, provided for in paragraph 2 of Article 3 of this Federal Law.

4. An application for the liquidation of a regional branch or other structural unit of a political party is submitted to the supreme court of the republic, a regional court, a court of a federal city, a court of an autonomous region and an autonomous district by the federal registration authority or the corresponding territorial registration authority.

5. The liquidation of a regional branch of a political party by a court decision is not allowed from the day of the official publication of the decision on calling (holding) elections of deputies of the legislative (representative) body of the corresponding subject of the Russian Federation, the highest official of the corresponding subject of the Russian Federation (the head of the highest executive body of state power of the corresponding subject Russian Federation) and until the day of official publication of the results of the said elections, except for the cases provided for in paragraph 1 of Article 9 of this Federal Law.

Article 43. Appeal of a court decision to suspend the activities or liquidate a political party, its regional branch and other structural unit

1. A court decision to suspend the activities or liquidate a political party, its regional branch or other structural unit may be appealed in cases and in the manner established by federal law.

2. Cancellation of a court decision to suspend the activities or liquidation of a political party, its regional branch and other structural unit entails compensation by the state for all losses incurred by the political party in connection with the illegal suspension of its activities, the activities of the regional branch and other structural unit of the political party or illegal liquidation of a political party, its regional branch and other structural unit.

Article 44. Reorganization of a political party, its regional branch and other structural unit

1. The reorganization of a political party is carried out by decision of the congress of the political party, adopted in the manner prescribed by paragraph 1 of Article 25 of this Federal Law and the charter of the political party.

2. Reorganization of a regional branch and other structural unit of a political party is carried out by decision of the congress of the political party or by decision of the body of the political party authorized by its charter. The regional branch of a political party does not have the right to independently decide on its reorganization.

Article 45. Consequences of liquidation and reorganization of a political party

1. In the event of liquidation of a political party, its property after completion of settlements on its obligations is transferred to:

a) for the purposes provided for by the charter and program of a political party, if the liquidation of the political party was carried out by decision of the congress of the political party;

b) to the income of the Russian Federation, if the liquidation of a political party is carried out by a court decision.

2. In the event of reorganization of a political party, the transfer of its property is carried out in the manner established by the Civil Code of the Russian Federation for the reorganization of legal entities.

3. Termination of the activities of a political party in the event of its liquidation or reorganization entails the cancellation of the certificate of state registration of the political party and the exclusion of the corresponding entry from the unified state register of legal entities.

Chapter X. Final and transitional provisions

Article 46. Entry into force of this Federal Law

1. This Federal Law comes into force on the date of its official publication, with the exception of Article 33 and paragraph 1 of Article 36. Article 33 of this Federal Law comes into force no later than January 1, 2004. Paragraph 1 of Article 36 of this Federal Law comes into force two years from the date of official publication of this Federal Law.

2. To recognize as no longer in force on the territory of the Russian Federation, Articles 6 and 9 (in terms of provisions relating to political parties) of the USSR Law “On Public Associations” (Gazette of the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR and the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, 1990, No. 42, Art. 839).

Article 47. Transformation of all-Russian political public associations and the status of interregional, regional and local political public associations

1. All-Russian political public associations created before the entry into force of this Federal Law have the right to transform into political parties in accordance with this Federal Law within two years from the date of its entry into force.

2. Before the expiration of the period established by paragraph 1 of this article, all-Russian political public associations have the right to participate in elections, including nominating candidates (lists of candidates) for deputies and for other elective positions in government bodies and local self-government bodies in accordance with election legislation .

3. Before the expiration of the period established by paragraph 1 of this article, a political party created by transforming an all-Russian political public organization or an all-Russian political social movement has the right to take part in elections from the date of state registration of the political party.

4. Until changes are made to the legislation of the Russian Federation concerning the procedure for the participation of political parties in elections to federal bodies of state power, government bodies of constituent entities of the Russian Federation and local government bodies, political parties shall participate in these elections in the manner prescribed by the legislation of the Russian Federation for all-Russian political public associations.

5. Upon expiration of the period specified in paragraph 1 of this article, an all-Russian political public association that has not transformed into a political party loses the status of a political public association and acts as an all-Russian public organization or an all-Russian social movement on the basis of the charter, which is applied to the extent that does not contradict this Federal Law.

6. Upon expiration of the period specified in paragraph 1 of this article, interregional, regional and local political public associations lose the status of a political public association and act accordingly as interregional, regional or local public associations on the basis of their charters, which are applied to the extent not inconsistent with this Federal law.

Article 48. Bringing regulatory legal acts into compliance with this Federal Law

To propose to the President of the Russian Federation and instruct the Government of the Russian Federation to bring its regulatory legal acts into compliance with this Federal Law.

President
Russian Federation
V. Putin

Recognition of ideological and political diversity, as well as the principle of a multi-party system, serves as one of the unshakable foundations of the Russian Constitution. This allows the state to guarantee the legal parity of political blocs, and the citizen to make an informed democratic choice in favor of a certain political unit, if its ideas and goals correspond to his interests to the maximum extent. To approve the basic provisions of a multi-party system, the Federal Law of July 11, 2001 N 95-FZ “On Political Parties” was developed.

Contents of the law on political parties

The law on political parties in the Russian Federation was submitted to the State Duma for consideration in 2001 on June 29, 2001. It was adopted by the Chamber of the Federal Assembly, the approval of the law by the Federation Council of Russia dates back to June 29, 2001. The last amendment to the law was made on December 5, 2017. As a subject of legislative regulation, it regulates the following list of general points, such as:

• Civil rights: the rights of citizens to create, join, participate and leave a party or complete neutrality in this process, if it turns out that the personal beliefs and interests of the individual lie outside politics as such;
• Concept, structure and functioning of the party: its role as an instrument for expressing the will of society through the voluntary participation of its members in any political (elections, referendum, protests, etc.) events throughout the territorial space of Russia. Being essentially an organizational and legal form of legal entities, a political party is obliged to have regional representations in most of the territorial units of the Russian Federation. 95 federal law clearly defines the number of members in the party and in each individual regional branch. Information about the party program should be as transparent and accessible to all segments of the population as possible. The law guarantees free membership in the party to representatives of any gender, regardless of financial status or other reasons that may violate the rights of citizens prescribed in the Constitution;
• Name: According to this paragraph, a number of provisions are approved according to which the leaders of a political formation must choose a name for it. The law stipulates that the name cannot contain words or symbols that do not comply with the legislation of the country and/or are the subject of insult to the racial and religious feelings of its citizens. The use of personal initials (full name) and names of government authorities is prohibited;
• Symbolism: a detailed description of the party’s emblem and attributes must be present in its charter. It is not permitted to use images or symbols that violate the copyright/intellectual rights of existing organizations (including foreign ones), organizations or formations prohibited in the Russian Federation, as well as offensive or defamatory symbols. The use of religious paraphernalia is not permitted;
• Restrictions: The basic charter of Law No. 95-FZ prohibits the formation of political parties whose activities are recognized as extremist. This article is a guarantee that the goals and program of a single political formation will not be aimed at inciting contradictions of a social and professional nature (it is understood that party members cannot be representatives of only one profession), religious, national, or racial conflicts. It also provides for the distancing of parties from the educational process and prohibits foreign nationals from creating their own political cells in Russia;
• Participation of the state in the life of the party: its activities are freed from the influence of the state on it. This rule also works the other way - party members are not authorized to interfere in the activities of government bodies. In addition, members of a political cell are strictly prohibited from using their status or deriving personal benefits through their social status or party role.

In addition to general provisions, the law of the Russian Federation on political parties in the Russian Federation regulates the specifics of the functioning of political parties, starting with the stage of their creation and ending with the process of liquidation or reorganization of the structure. Chapters II – X of Law 95-FZ discuss in detail the key aspects for the following provisions:

• Creation process;
• Registration at the state level;
• Internal structure (charter, goals, program, membership);
• Rights and responsibilities (type of activity, property and procedure for managing party finances, charitable activities and distribution of subsidies in regional cells);
• State support;
• Elections and referendums – participation;
• Stopping activities;
• Additions, final provisions, etc.

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Latest amendments made to Federal Law 95

Over the past 17 years, Federal Law 95-FZ has undergone a number of adjustments in accordance with changes in the political and social life of society and the state as a whole. The latest edition is dated December 5, 2017. According to the new version, four articles of the law have been modified.

Subparagraph “a” of paragraph 1 of Article 29

Compared to the previous edition, the new version provides for a more specific determination of the amount of fees, membership and entrance fees, for each party participant. This includes controlling the maximum amount of the amount paid over one year. This refers to the calendar year, and the amount should not exceed the volume of donations from one individual (see paragraph 8 of Article 30 of the Federal Law 95).

Paragraph 5 Article 34

This amendment is aimed at clarifying information regarding receipts and expenditures of financial resources. Information about financing resources, the value of property and the amount of money that goes to the accounts of the party and its branches must contain a complete list of information. For example, it should be clear who made the donation and what its purpose is. Information about the personal data of a party participant is provided if the amount of contributions exceeds the threshold established by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.

Clause 6 Article 34

The changes concern the general financial report prepared by the party. The article provides for a process for party members to provide aggregate data indicating the amount and sources of subsidies. This includes information about loan agreements indicating the percentage of cash loans, details of the lender, the size of the annual rate, terms and conditions of the loan. As in the previous paragraph, changes also affected the procedure for providing information on membership fees. This is necessary if their amount exceeds the amount established by the Central Election Commission of the country.

Clause 7 Article 34

This item has not undergone significant changes. The phrase about the procedure for drawing up the financial report form of a political party (in printed and virtual form) has been adjusted. The latter, as mentioned above, is regulated by the Russian Central Election Commission.

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The Federal Law “On Political Parties” dated July 11, 2001 N 95-FZ contains comprehensive information. Studying it requires a thoughtful approach and a sufficient amount of time.

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The modern state-legal system of the Russian Federation is characterized by a multi-party system. Given this fact, the decision to adopt a law on political parties was also due to the need for a more precise definition of the meaning of politics in conjunction with civil public institutions. Considering the rapid changes in the legal sphere and the quantitative growth in state party membership, there was a need to create a new law.

Adopted by the State Duma on June 21, 2001, approved by the Federation Council on June 29 of the same year, the Federal Law “On Political Parties” N 95-FZ regulates the identity of all parties before the law. At the same time, their ideologies and focus do not matter.

The right provided for by the Federal Law “On Political Parties” allows you to voluntarily join or abstain from joining political parties, create and participate in their direct activities. In choosing the direction of a public association, a citizen is guided solely by his own interests and ideology.

One of the main objectives of the current law 95-FZ is to regulate social relations that arise in the process of citizens exercising their constitutional right to organize political movements. It is important to ensure legal and social security in the face of differences in political views and aspirations in society.

Modern legislation states that a political party is created freely, on a voluntary basis. Any pressure from federal and administrative bodies on its founders is considered unlawful.

Article 3 of the law in question provides a clear explanation of the internal structure of a political party. According to the text of the second part of the article, it must meet the following criteria:

• Regional branches of each must be based in at least half of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Each city can have only one branch of a particular public organization.
• The minimum number of members of such an association should be 500 people.
  The leadership headquarters and all regional offices of the political party are located on the territory of the Russian Federation.
• The party emblem must differ from the symbols of the Russian Federation and other states. All coincidences in this case are excluded. An image that is offensive or threatening towards the state and its citizens cannot be used as a personal symbol. Also, when using a particular image, copyrights must not be violated (Article 7, Parts 1-3).

If all the above conditions are met and with the appropriate decision made at the founding congress, the political party is considered created. It is necessary to clarify that any party decision is made on the basis of an overwhelming majority of votes of politicians representing at least half of the territorial subjects of the Russian Federation.

The new socio-political association is entered into the state register as a legal entity. From this moment on, they can carry out the prescribed propaganda and information activities that do not contradict the charter of the Constitution of the Russian Federation (Article 11, Parts 2, 3).

According to the current law 95-FZ, the actions of a political party cannot be secret. All its activities must be open and amenable to structural analysis. The principles and ideology professed by a particular party must not violate the constitutional rights of citizens or threaten their lives or freedoms, regardless of the gender, ethnicity, or religion of these people. Otherwise, such a community is recognized as extremist, and, as a result, illegal.

The liquidation of a political party can be proclaimed at a congress, based on the votes of a majority of its members. However, it can be abolished by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. This happens in the following cases:

• Failure to comply with the standards specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of Art. 9 95-FZ;
• Failure to take timely measures to stop violations, due to which the party’s activities were previously temporarily suspended;
• Refusal to participate in elections (Article 37);
• Qualitative non-compliance of regional branches with the requirements of subparagraph “a” of Part 2 of Art. 3;
• The presence of ideology, agitation and activities recognized as extremist.

Thus, the state ensures the political and social security of citizens, preventing racial, ethnic and class hostility from growing.

Like any other modern law, 95-FZ periodically undergoes amendments and changes. This is due to the constantly and rapidly changing political and socio-economic situation in the state.

The latest amendments to 95 Federal Law “On Political Parties” were made on December 28, 2016 and came into force on March 1 of the following year.

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Latest changes made to the law on parties in the Russian Federation

Federal Law N 505-FZ, adopted by the State Duma on December 28, 2016 and approved by the Federation Council on March 1, 2017, introduced the latest amendments to the Russian law on political parties in the Russian Federation.

These changes relate to paragraph 9 of Article 26.3 of the law in question. This part of the article is supplemented by an indication that the concept of “foreign financial instruments” must now be considered based on the definition of Federal Law No. 79-FZ of May 7, 2013.

The original text of the article stated that before nominating oneself as a member of a particular party, a citizen is obliged to close all his accounts in foreign banks. He is also obliged to refuse to store his own savings and valuables in banks located outside the Russian Federation - in fact, to abandon “foreign financial instruments.”

From March 1, 2017, an addition was made to this text stating that the concept of “foreign financial instruments” must now be considered based on the definition of Federal Law of May 7, 2013 N 79-FZ.

Earlier in 2016, another, no less important amendment was made to the Federal Law “On Political Parties” N 95-FZ. According to this change, adopted on February 19, 2016, the text of paragraph 8 of Article 25 states that absolutely all internal party processes, from the activities of regional branches to the amounts of membership fees by members of the association, are decided in accordance with the charter of this organization.

Also, this amendment added clause 9 to this article of the law in question. According to this part of the article, members of the political community are given the right not to elect their head.

The Russian Federation recognizes political diversity and multi-party systems. Based on this constitutional principle, the state guarantees the equality of political parties before the law, regardless of the ideology, goals and objectives set out in their constituent and program documents.

The subject of regulation of this Federal Law is social relations arising in connection with the exercise by citizens of the Russian Federation of the right to unite in political parties and the peculiarities of the creation, activities, reorganization and liquidation of political parties in the Russian Federation.

The right of citizens of the Russian Federation to unite in political parties includes the right to create political parties on a voluntary basis in accordance with their convictions, the right to join political parties or to refrain from joining political parties, the right to participate in the activities of political parties in accordance with their charters, as well as the right to freely leave political parties.

1. A political party is a public association created for the purpose of participation of citizens of the Russian Federation in the political life of society through the formation and expression of their political will, participation in public and political actions, in elections and referendums, as well as for the purpose of representing the interests of citizens in government bodies authorities and local governments.

a) a political party must have regional branches in more than half of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, while only one regional branch of a given political party can be created in a constituent entity of the Russian Federation;

before January 1, 2010 - at least fifty thousand members of a political party, while in more than half of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation the political party must have regional branches of at least five hundred members of the political party in accordance with paragraph 6 of Article 23 of this Federal Law. In other regional branches, the number of each of them cannot be less than two hundred and fifty members of a political party in accordance with paragraph 6 of Article 23 of this Federal Law;

from January 1, 2010 to January 1, 2012 - at least forty-five thousand members of a political party, while in more than half of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the political party must have regional branches of at least four hundred and fifty members of the political party in accordance with paragraph 6 of Article 23 of this Federal Law. In other regional branches, the number of each of them cannot be less than two hundred members of a political party in accordance with paragraph 6 of Article 23 of this Federal Law;

from January 1, 2012 - at least forty thousand members of a political party, while in more than half of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, a political party must have regional branches of at least four hundred members of a political party in accordance with paragraph 6 of Article 23 of this Federal Law. In other regional branches, the number of each of them cannot be less than one hundred and fifty members of a political party in accordance with paragraph 6 of Article 23 of this Federal Law;

3. In this Federal Law, a regional branch of a political party is understood as a structural unit of a political party created by decision of its authorized governing body and operating on the territory of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation. In a subject of the Russian Federation that includes an autonomous okrug (autonomous okrugs), a single regional branch of a political party may be created. Other structural divisions of a political party (local and primary branches) are created in cases and in the manner provided for by its charter.

nomination of candidates (lists of candidates) for elections of the President of the Russian Federation, deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, legislative (representative) bodies of state power of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, elected officials of local government and representative bodies of municipalities, participation in these elections, and also in the work of elected bodies.

5. In this Federal Law, a political party represented in the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation means a political party whose federal list of candidates is admitted to the distribution of deputy mandates in the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, or a political party whose federal list of candidates is transferred to the mandate (deputy mandates have been transferred) in accordance with Article 82.1 of the Federal Law of May 18, 2005 N 51-FZ “On the election of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation”.

The activities of political parties are based on the Constitution of the Russian Federation and are regulated by federal constitutional laws, this Federal Law and other federal laws.

1. In the name of a political party, both full and abbreviated, it is not allowed to use the names of other political parties existing in the Russian Federation and other all-Russian public associations, as well as political parties that have ceased their activities due to liquidation in connection with a violation of paragraph 1 of Article 9 of this Federal Law.

5. The name of a political party must comply with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation on the protection of intellectual property and (or) copyright. It is prohibited to use the name of a political party that offends racial, national or religious feelings.

1. A political party may have its own emblem and other symbols, the exact description of which must be contained in the charter of the political party. The symbols of a political party should not coincide with the state symbols of the Russian Federation, the state symbols of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the symbols of municipalities, as well as the state symbols of foreign states.