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

1. Government bodies and local authorities shall assist registered candidates, their agents and political parties that nominated registered candidates in arrangement and holding of public campaigning events.

2. Notices of meetings, demonstrations, marches and pickets shall be submitted by organizers and considered in accordance with the applicable procedure as established by the law of the Russian Federation.

3. On the basis of the application submitted by a registered candidate or a political party that nominated a registered candidate, a state-owned or municipally owned premises suitable for public campaigning events held as meetings shall be made available to a registered candidate, his agents or representatives of a political party for meetings with voters, free of charge, by the owner of the premises for the time as established by the election commission of a Constituent of the Russian Federation or, at its request, by a territorial election commission. Election commissions shall provide all registered candidates and political parties that nominated registered candidates with equal opportunities for holding the specified events.

Provisions of Article 54 as amended by Federal law No. 222-FZ dated July 27, 2010, shall be applied to the legal relationship arising in connection with the election after the effective date of the specified Law.

4. If the premises as specified in Clause 3 of this Article or the premises owned by any organization with an over 30 percent share (contribution) of the Russian Federation or a Constituent of the Russian Federation and/or municipal establishments in its authorized (share) capital as at the date when the decision to call the election of the President of the Russian Federation was officially published, are provided to one registered candidate or one political party that nominated a registered candidate for a public campaigning event to be held, the owner of the premises shall not be entitled to refuse providing such premises to the other registered candidates and political parties that nominated registered candidates on the same terms and conditions. In case any premises are provided to a registered candidate or a political party that nominated a registered candidate, the owner of the premises shall notify the election commission of the relevant Constituent of the Russian Federation in writing of the fact that the premises are so provided, of the terms and conditions on which the premises are provided and of the time during the campaigning period when such premises can be provided to other registered candidates and political parties that nominated registered candidates, not later than one the day following the date when the premises were provided. (as amended by Federal Law No. 222-FZ of July 27, 2010)

4.1. Upon receipt of the notice saying that the premises were provided to a registered candidate or to a political party that nominated a registered candidate, the election commission of a Constituent of the Russian Federation shall publish the information as specified in such notice on the Internet or by any other means make it known to the other registered candidates and political parties that nominated registered candidates, within two days as from the time the notice is received. (clause 4.1 has been introduced by Federal Law No. 222-FZ of July 27, 2010)

5. Applications for the premises as specified in Clauses 3 and 4 of this Article to be provided for the meetings of registered candidates, their agents and representatives of political parties that nominated registered candidates with voters shall be considered by owners of the premises within three days as from the date the applications are filed.

6. Candidates shall be entitled to rent premises owned by citizens and organizations of any ownership form on the basis of a rental agreement, for the purposes of public campaigning events.

7. No election campaigning shall be permitted to be held within military units, military organizations and institutions, unless the only building (premises) suitable for public campaigning events held as military organization or military institution. Such building (premises) shall be provided by the commanding officer of a military unit, upon the request of the relevant election commission, to registered candidates, their agents and representatives of political parties that nominated registered candidates, for meetings with military men voters. Such meetings shall be organized by the commanding officer of the military unit together with the election commission of a Constituent of the Russian Federation. The other registered candidates or their agents and representatives of the other political parties that nominated registered candidates shall be notified of the date, time and place of the meeting at least three days before the meeting date.

8. Security during public campaigning events shall be provided in accordance with the law of the Russian Federation.