1. A federal list of candidates, list of candidates in a single-mandate electoral district in paper and an electronic form set forth by the CEC shall be submitted by an authorized agent of a political party to the CEC not later than in 25 days after the official publication of notice of elections of deputies of the State Duma.

2. The federal list of candidates, list of candidates in single-mandate electoral districts in electronic format shall indicate the surname, first name and patronymic, place and date of birth, residence address, number and date of issue of the passport or the document replacing the passport, the name or code of the body which issued the passport or the document replacing the passport, taxpayer identification number (if applicable), citizenship, position occupied (in the lack thereof, occupation) of each candidate; for parttime elected deputies – the information thereon and the title of a respective representative body. If the candidate had or has a criminal record, the list shall contain information on the candidate's conviction. At the motion of the candidate his affiliation with political parties or other public associations registered not later than a year prior to the elections as well as his/ her status therein may be indicated in a federal list of candidates, provided he/she submits a document to authenticate the said information certified by the authorised executive body of the political party, public association. The list of candidates in single-member electoral districts shall include the name and number of the single-mandate constituency, in which each candidate shall stand.

3. The federal list of candidates, list of candidates in single-mandate electoral district, submitted on paper form shall include surname, first name and patronymic, date of birth of each candidate, the candidate belonging to the political party that nominated him and his status in the political party indicated in accordance with part 2 of this Article. If the candidate had or has a criminal record, the list shall contain information on the candidate's conviction. The list of candidates in single-member electoral districts shall include the name and number of the single-mandate constituency, in which each candidate shall stand. From June 1, 2015 the federal list of candidates, list of candidates in single-mandate electoral district on paper form are manufactured using the software after the preparation of the lists in computer-readable form.

4. Simultaneously with the federal list of candidates, list of candidates in single-mandate electoral districts an authorized agent of the political party shall submit:

1) a copy of a document certifying the fact that the record of the political party was entered into the state register of legal entities. This copy shall be authenticated by a notary;

2) a resolution of the party congress (convention) on the nomination of a federal list of candidates or list of candidates in single-mandate electoral districts, drawn up in accordance with Part 4 of Article 39 and Paragraph 5 of Article 40 of this Federal law;

3) lists of authorized agents of a political party, authorized agents of political parties on financial matters as well as authorized agents of regional branches of a political party, authorized agents of political parties on financial matters (if appointed) drafted in accordance with the requirements set forth in part 3 and 4 of Article 38 of this Federal Law;

4) signed and stamped by the authorized person of the political party list of citizens included it in the federal list of candidates and the members of this political party, on paper and in machine-readable format in the form prescribed by the CEC.

5. Simultaneously with the documents indicated in parts 1 and 4 of this Article an authorized agent of a political party shall submit:

1) a statement from each candidate included in the federal list of candidates, list of candidates in single-mandate electoral district, about his consent to stand in elections in the federal list of candidates or a single-mandate electoral district with the obligation, if elected, to discontinue activities incompatible with the status of the deputy of the State Duma. The statement must include the last name, first name and patronymic, date and place of birth, place of residence, series, number and date of issue of the passport or the document replacing the passport, the title or code of the issuer, taxpayer identification number (if available), citizenship, information on vocational training (if any) with the name of organization conducting educational activities, the graduation year, and details of document that has information on education and qualification, main place of work or service, position (or, in the lack thereof, - occupation); if the candidate is a deputy and exercises his powers on a temporary basis - the information about it with the title of the relevant representative body. If the candidate has or had a criminal record, the statement shall contain information about the candidate's criminal record, and if the conviction is removed or cancelled, the information about the date of removal or cancellation of conviction. A candidate may specify in his statement that he belongs to the political party that nominated him, or to not more than one other public associations registered no later than one year before the voting day in the manner prescribed by law. The candidate shall indicate his status in this political party, this public association provided that he submits the documents confirming the information and that are signed by the authorized person of the political party, public association or by an authorized person of the corresponding regional branch of political party, public association. If candidate indicated that he belongs to other public association, the title of this public association is used in electoral documents during the elections to the State Duma in accordance with Article 41 of part 6 of this Federal law. Envisaged agreement on the title of a public association is carried out by the candidate or the political party which nominated the candidate directly with one of the bodies of the public association and the Central election commission of the Russian Federation. From June 1, 2015 the text of the statement is made by means of software on the basis of the document in a machine-readable form, drawn up in accordance with the form prescribed by the Central election commission of the Russian Federation.;

2) information on the amount and sources of income of each candidate as well as on the property owned (or jointly owned) by them, including information on bank deposits, securities. This information shall be submitted on paper in compliance with Appendix 1 of this Federal law and in machine-readable form in the form prescribed by the CEC. From June 1, 2015 a paper document containing the above information, shall be made on the basis of a document in machine-readable form;

3) information about belongings of the candidate, his spouse and minor children, information about immovable property situated outside the territory of the Russian Federation, information on the sources of obtaining funds with which the said property was acquired, on property obligations outside the territory of the Russian Federation of the candidate, as well as information about such obligations of his spouse and minor children. This information shall be submitted on the form provided by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation;

4) information on their spending, as well as those of their spouse and minor children, of each transaction for the acquisition of land, other real estate, vehicle, securities, shares (participation interests, units in the charter (share) capital of organizations), for the past three years, if the transaction amount exceeds the total income of the candidate and his spouse for the last three years preceding the transaction, and on the sources of obtaining funds with which the transaction was conducted. This information shall be submitted in the form provided by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation.

6. In the case of the nomination of a person who is disabled a candidate and therefore who is having the opportunity to write his own statement of consent, fill, or assure other documents stipulated by the present Federal law, this candidate shall be entitled to use a help of another person. At the same time the powers of the person providing assistance in completing or certification of the documents referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article shall be notarized. 

7. A candidate may be only on one federal list of candidates and only in one list of candidates in single-mandate electoral districts.

8. The federal list of candidates, list of candidates in single-mandate electoral district and accompanying documents are received by the Central election commission of the Russian Federation, together with copies of the passport (individual passport pages, defined by the Central election commission of the Russian Federation) or the document replacing the passport of the candidate certified by an authorized representative of a political party. In relation to the candidate included in the federal list of candidates - also documents confirming information about education, main place of work or service, position (occupation), and the fact that the candidate is a deputy, specified in his statement of consent to stand in elections", shall be supplemented with a new third sentence and shall be read as follows: "The federal list of candidates, list of candidates in single-mandate electoral district and accompanying documents are received by the Central election commission of the Russian Federation, together with copies of the passport (individual passport pages, defined by the Central election commission of the Russian Federation) or the document replacing the passport of the candidate certified by an authorized representative of a political party. In relation to the candidate included in the federal list of candidates - also documents confirming information about education, main place of work or service, position (occupation), and the fact that the candidate is a deputy, specified in his statement of consent to stand in elections. Certified copies of these documents shall be submitted for each candidate, included in the federal list of candidates, list of candidates in single-member electoral districts respectively. When reporting to the CEC, federal list of candidates and the documents attached thereto authorized representative of a political party also makes a power of attorney to the authorized representatives of political parties on financial issues and on the authorized representatives of regional branches of political parties on financial issues (in the case of the appointment of such), formalised in accordance with the requirements of part 5 of Article 38 of this Federal law. Copies of these powers of attorney made by the CEC in the presence of an authorized representative of a political party, certified by the signature of the person who accepted the documents and attached to these documents. Upon receipt of the documents referred to in this Part, CEC immediately issues to an authorized representative of a political party document confirming their reception, with the date and time of the beginning and the of reception.

9. The CEC shall within seven days check the documents, indicated in part 8 of this Article, and issue the authorized agent of a political party a certified copy of a federal list of candidates, list of candidates for single-mandate electoral districts or grounded refusal of issuance thereof.

10. The grounds for refusal of issuance of a certified copy of a federal list of candidates shall be the lack of all or some documents specified in parts 1 - 4 of this Article, a violation of a procedure under Articles 39 and 40 of this Federal Law about the nomination of a federal list of candidates, lists of candidates in single-mandate electoral districts. Failure to comply with the requirements stipulated by part 5 or 7 of this Article shall entail the exclusion of the candidate from the relevant federal list of candidates, lists of candidates in single-mandate electoral districts before the corresponding list will be registered.

11. The refusal of registration may be appealed by the political party or candidate in the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation which shall examine the complaint within 10 days. The abovementioned period cannot be restored.

12. After the federal list of candidates was submitted to the CEC it shall not be altered or amended with an exception of amendments caused by the stepping down of a candidate documented by his personal application, or by the revocation of a candidate by a political party, or by the removal of a candidate from the federal list of candidates by the resolution of the CEC or change of constituency according to part 7 of Article 40 of this law or death of candidate.

13. The CEC shall publish online information (in “read-only” mode) on certified federal lists of candidates, lists of candidates for single-mandate electoral districts and information of amendments of the lists in the Internet.

14. The CEC shall send copies of the certified list of candidates in single-mandate electoral districts (certified extracts from the list, copies of the candidates statement of consent to stand in elections that are included in the said list) to the respective DEC not later than three days from the day of registration of the lists, in the case provided for by paragraph 7 of Article 40 of this Federal law - no later than three days after amending the registered list.