(as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

1. A political party having nominated a candidate shall appoint representatives authorized for representation of its interests concerning all the issues related to its participation in the Russian Federation presidential elections in accordance herewith. (clause 1 as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

2. Authorized representatives of the political party shall be appointed by the decision of the political party congress or the decision of the body authorized thereto by the political party congress. (clause 2 as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

3. The authorized representative of the political party shall perform his functions on the basis of the decision provided by clause 2 of this article and which states its authorities, surname, name and patronymic, date of birth, series, number and date of issue of the passport or the document substituting the passport of the citizen, address of the place of residence, principal place of employment or service, position held (if there is no principal place of employment or service occupation shall be mentioned). (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

4. The list of the political party authorized representatives shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation in printed and machine readable version under the form set by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. The list of the political party authorized representatives shall contain the surname, name and patronymic, date of birth, series, number and date of issue of the passport or the document substituting the passport of the citizen, address of the place of residence, principal place of employment or service, position held (if there is no principal place of employment or service occupation shall be mentioned), telephone number of each authorized representative of the political party. A written consent of each of the stated persons to carry out the stated activity shall be enclosed to this list. (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

5. Authorized representatives of the political party shall be subject to registration by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

6. Authorized representatives of the political party may not use the privileges of their employment or official status. (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

7. The authorities term of the political party authorized representatives shall start from the date of their appointment and shall expire at the moment when the candidate nominated by this political party loses his status but not later of the date of official publication of the general results of the Russian Federation presidential elections. (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

8. A political party by the decision of the body of the respective political party authorized thereto may terminate the authorities of the political party authorized representative by notifying him in writing and sending a copy of the respective decision to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)