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Article 64
 

1. Air time on TV and radio channels and space in print media may be made available (offered) to political parties which registered federal lists of candidates, for a fee (paid airtime, paid print space), and in cases and in the procedure established by this Federal Law free of charge (free air time, free space).


2. A political party shall not be entitled to use free and paid airtime, free and paid print space for election campaigning for the other political parties and candidates nominated by them.


3. A self-nominated candidate, is not entitled to avail himself of his free and paid airtime, free and paid print space for election campaigning for other candidates and other for political parties.


4. A candidate nominated by a political party is not entitled to use his free and paid airtime, free and paid print space for election campaigning for the other political parties, with the other candidates. Other political parties refer to all political parties, except the political party which nominated this candidate. Other candidates refer to all candidates, except the candidates nominated by the same political party, which nominated this candidate.


5. State-owned and municipal TV and radio broadcasters and print media outlets shall be obliged to ensure political parties have equal terms and conditions for campaign and, in particular, for the presentation of their election programs to voters.


6. Nation-wide state-owned TV and radio broadcasters and print media outlets shall offer free air time, free print space to political parties for campaign.


7. Regional public broadcasting organizations and editorial offices of regional state print media are obliged to provide airtime and print space for election campaigning to political parties, registered candidates, except in the case provided for in part 8 of this article. Candidates registered in single-mandate electoral district, airtime provided regional public organization of broadcasting, which has a license to broadcast in the territory, including the territory of the single-mandate electoral district, or a member of the singlemandate electoral district territory, and the printed area - edited state print media, the area of which is in accordance with the certificate of registration of mass media includes the territory of the single-mandate electoral district, or a part of its territory.


8. Regional public broadcasting organizations and editorial offices of regional state print media do not provide airtime and print space for election campaigning in the territory of the subject of the Russian Federation of a political party, a registered federal list of candidates for which there is no regional group, corresponding to the subject of the Russian Federation, including a group of subjects of the Russian Federation, a part of the territory of the subject of the Russian Federation, except for the cases specified in part 21 of Article 65 and part 12 of Article 66 of this Federal law.


9. Municipal broadcasting organizations and editorial offices of periodicals shall have the right to provide air time and print space for election campaigning to political parties, registered candidates if such organizations and editorial boards are in line with the requirements provided for in part 13 and 14 of this Article. Airtime and print space provided by these organizations for broadcasting and editorial offices of periodicals only with a charge.


10. Non-governmental organizations of broadcasting, Non-state print and online publications editors, issuing mass media, registered at least one year before the date of official publication (announcement), the decision to call the election of deputies of the State Duma, as well as non-state periodical printed edition publications and editorial network media founded by political parties (their structural units), regardless of the term of registration of publications entitled to grant political parties paid airtime, the paid space in print media, services in placing election propaganda materials in online publications subject to such organizations and editorial boards of requirements, provided for in parts 13 and 14 of this Article.


11. Non-governmental regional organization, issuing mass media, and editorial of online publications specified in part 10 of this Article, shall have the right to provide candidates with paid airtime, the paid space in print media, services for placing campaign materials in online publications if organizations and the editorial boards are in line with the requirements provided in parts 13 and 14 of this Article.


12. Non-governmental organizations of broadcasting, editors of non-state periodicals and online publications, not specified in parts 10 and 11 of this Article shall not be entitled to grant political parties and registered candidates air time, print space, services for placement of election campaign materials in online editions.


13. The terms of payment for the provision of air time, print space shall be equal for all political parties and candidates to which they were provided. This requirement shall not apply to the editorial offices of print media founded by political parties, candidates. In this Federal Law print media founded by a candidate (candidates) means print media founded not less than one year before the commencement of an election campaign by a citizen (citizens) of the Russian Federation, who participates (participate) in elections of deputies of the State Duma as a candidate (candidates).


14. Information about the rates charged (in the Russian Federation currency) for air time, space in print media and other terms of payment shall be published by a relevant TV and radio broadcasting organization, editorial office of a print media outlet not later than 30 days after the day of announcement of elections or, if the first campaign material was published (broadcast) by them earlier, on the day of such publication. The said information and notice of readiness to provide air time, space in print media to political parties shall within the same period be submitted to:


1) the CEC – by nation-wide TV and radio broadcasters and print media outlets;


2) the election commission of a Russian Federation subject– by regional and municipal TV and radio broadcasters and print media outlets.


15. TV and radio broadcasters and print media outlets (regardless of the form of ownership) which provided free or paid air time and free or paid space to political parties shall keep separate records of the amount and cost of such air time and print space in according to the forms of such records established by the CEC, and, within ten days of voting day, shall present the data of these records to:


1) the CEC – by nation-wide TV and radio broadcasters and print media outlets;


2) the election commission of a Russian Federation subject– by regional and municipal TV and radio broadcasters and print media outlets.


16. At the request of CEC, TV and radio broadcasters and print media outlets (regardless of the form of ownership) which provided free or paid air time and free or paid space to political parties (or, in the case of regional or municipal TV and radio broadcasters and print media outlets, at the request of the election commission of a Russian Federation subject) shall present relevant contracts specified by part 18 of this Article to these commissions.


17. Non-state-owned and municipal TV and radio broadcasters and print media outlets, specialized TV and radio broadcasting organizations and print media and state-owned print media which are published less than once a week may refuse to offer political parties or candidates free air time, free print space for campaign. Such refusal shall be deemed effective if no notice indicated in part 14 of this Article was submitted to a relevant election commission within the period established by this part.


18. The provision of air time and print space for election campaigning, services for placement of election materials in the network edition is carried out in accordance with the written contract concluded between the broadcasting organization, the editors of the periodical edited or online editions and a political party, its regional branch, candidate to provide these air time and print space and services.


19. Mass media organizations shall be obliged to keep the documents indicated in part 15, 16, and 18 of this Article, which confirm the provision of free and paid air time and free and paid space in print media, for not less than three years after the day of elections.