Article 83. Guarantees of Performance of Electoral Functions by Officials of Local Self-Government
If there is no office of the head of a municipality and the municipal unit has no representative body of local self-government or if a representative body of local self-government has not appointed a person authorized to perform electoral actions under this Federal Law, or if the said persons have failed to perform such actions within the periods required by this Federal Law, such electoral actions shall be performed by the highest official of the subject of the Russian Federation (the head of the executive body of state power of a Russian Federation subject) or by some other official appointed by him.
