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Article 59
 

1. Election Commissions shall engage in the informing of voters by various means, including by means of mass media, of the preparation and conduct of elections of deputies of the State Duma, of the terms and order of execution of electoral action, of political parties and candidates such, and of the electoral legislation. Election commissions also take the necessary measures to inform the voters who are disabled.


2. During the period from the official publication of notice of elections of deputies of the State Duma till the official publication of election results the nation-wide state-owned broadcasting organizations shall grant no less than fifteen minutes of their air time at each of their channels to the CEC and the regional state-owned broadcasting organizations shall grant no less than ten minutes of the air time at each of their channels to the election commissions of a Russian Federation subject, DECs weekly for the purpose provided for in part 1 of this Article and for the answers to questions of voters. For the same purpose the nation-wide state-owned broadcasters shall free of charge grant no less than ten minutes of the air time at each of their channels weekly to the CEC within ninety days before the termination of the period during which the decision on the elections shall be adopted till the notice of elections is officially published.


3. During the period from the official publication of notice of elections nation-wide stateowned print mass media organizations, if published once a week or more frequently, shall free of charge allocate to the CEC not less than one hundredth of their weekly printed space. During the period from the official publication of notice of elections of deputies of the State Duma regional state-owned printed mass media organizations, if published once a week or more frequently, shall free of charge allocate to the election commissions of a Russian Federation subject, DECs not less than one hundredth of their weekly printed space. These election commissions shall use the said printed space for the purpose provided for in part 1 of this Article and for the answers to questions of voters.