Requirements for Transmission of Election Campaign Programs via TV and Radio.
82.1. It shall be prohibited to interrupt transmission of election campaign materials of a registered candidate, political party, block of political parties, referendum campaigning group with advertisements for goods, works and services or with broadcasting other programs.
82.2. It shall be prohibited to interrupt election campaign programs of a registered candidate, political party, block of political parties, referendum campaigning groups, transmitted by TV and Radio companies mentioned in Article 77.1 of this Code, with broadcasting programs of other TV or Radio programs.
82.3. Information on conduct of election campaigning activities of registered candidates, political parties, blocks of political parties and referendum campaigning groups should be announced, as a rule, at the beginning of the telecast which is broadcasted without any comments. The registered candidates, political parties, blocks of political parties, referendum campaigning groups shall not pay for airtime spent for such information. In such cases, any of registered candidates, political parties, blocks of political parties, referendum campaign group should not be given preference while reporting election campaigning.
82.4. Election campaign telecasts or radio casts shall be video/audio taped. They shall be preserved by TV and Radio companies for 12 months from the day they have been aired. TV and Radio companies should preserve reports on allocation of free and paid airtime for 5 years starting from the Election Day.
