1. Organization of election commission operation shall be performed in accordance with article 28 of Federal Law On Basic Guarantees of Voting Rights and the Right to Take Part in a Referendum Belonging to the Russian Federation Citizens.

2. From the date of official publication (publishing) of the decision on appointing the Presidential Elections in the Russian Federation up to the date of official publication of their results All-Russian state television and radio broadcasting companies shall submit not less than 15 minutes of airtime to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation free of charge and regional state television and radio broadcasting companies shall submit not less than 10 minutes of airtime to election commissions of the Russian Federation subjects weekly on each of its channels for clarifying the laws on elections of the Russian Federation President, informing the voters of terms and procedure for performing election activities, of candidates, political parties having nominated candidates, of the course of the election campaign and for answering the voters’ questions. All-Russian state television and radio broadcasting companies shall also submit not less than 10 minutes of airtime to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation weekly free of charge on each of its channels for the purposes stated above within the period starting six months before expiration of the term when the Presidential Elections in the Russian Federation shall be appointed and ending on the date of official publication (publishing) of the decision on calling the elections. (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

3. Editorial boards of state print periodicals issued not less than once a week within the election campaign period for the elections of the Russian Federation President shall submit not less than a hundredth part of the weekly amount of print space free of charge.

Editorial boards of regional state print periodicals issued not less than once a week within the period of the stated election campaign shall submit not less than a hundredth part of weekly amount of print space to election commissions of the Russian Federation subjects free of charge. Election commissions shall use the stated space in the print media for clarifying the laws on elections of the Russian Federation President, informing the voters of the terms and procedure for performing election activities, of candidates, political parties having nominated candidates, of the course of the election campaign and for answering the voters’ questions. (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)