1. The employer, head of state body or its subdivision, commander of a military unit, administration of an academic institution where a registered candidate works, serves, does alternative civil service, undergoes military training or studies shall be obliged to relieve the candidate from work, service, training and study on any day and for any time in the period from the day of the candidate's registration by the CEC to the day of the official publication of the general election results of deputies of the State Duma.

2. At one’s own initiative the employer (administration of an academic institution) shall not be entitled to dismiss a registered candidate from work, service or study as well as to move him/her to a different position, call for military service, military training or alternative civil service. The period during which a candidate participates in elections of deputies of the State Duma shall be included in his overall employment record in accordance with his specialty before the registration.

3. Decisions to initiate criminal proceedings against a registered candidate, a criminal case against him can be taken with the consent of the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. A registered candidate shall not be a subjected to administrative penalty imposed by a court of law, without the consent of the Prosecutor General. Having given the required consent of the Russian Federation Chairman of the Investigative Committee, the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation are required to notify the CEC.