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Article 55
 

1. Candidates shall be free to produce and distribute printed, audio and visual and other campaigning materials in accordance with the procedure as established by the law of the Russian Federation. All campaigning materials shall be produced in the Russian Federation.
(as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


2. All printed, audio and visual campaigning materials shall contain the name, registered address and taxpayer identification number of the company (or full name of the person as well as the Constituent of the Russian Federation, area, city or other location where such person resides) that produced such materials, name of the company (full name of the person) that ordered such materials as well as the number of copies and date of issue of such materials and the fact that their production was paid for out of the relevant electoral fund.
(clause 2 as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


3. Samples of printed campaigning materials or copies thereof, samples of audio and visual campaigning materials and pictures of any other campaigning materials shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation or to election commissions of Constituents of the Russian Federation where such materials are to be distributed, before the distribution begins. The specified materials shall be submitted together with the information of location/residence address of the company/person that produced and ordered such materials.
(as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)



4. The clause has lost effect. — Federal Law No. 64-FZ of April 26, 2007.


5. No campaigning materials shall be produced without prior payment out of the relevant electoral fund and/or in violation of the requirements as set forth in Clauses 2 and 4 of this Article.


6. No campaigning materials shall be distributed in violation of the requirements as set forth in Clause 3 of this Article and Clause 7 of Article 49 hereof.


7. As proposed by the election commission of a Constituent of the Russian Federation or by a territorial election commission, local authorities shall provide and equip specific areas within every election precinct for printed campaigning materials to be placed, not later than 30 days before the voting day. Such areas shall be easily accessible for voters and shall be arranged in such a way that voters could easily read the information placed there. Registered candidates shall be provided with equal area for placement of their printed campaigning materials. The dedicated area shall be large enough to comprise both the information placed by election commissions and printed campaigning materials of candidates. Candidates shall be entitled to receive the list of the areas dedicated to placement of printed campaigning materials from the relevant territorial election commission.


8. In the events as specified in Clause 7 of this Article, campaigning materials may be posted (placed, dispalyed) indoors, on buildings, structures and other facilities only with consent of the owners of such facilities and on the terms and conditions as established by them. Terms and conditions for placement of campaigning materials within state-owned or municipally owned facilities or within the facilities 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, shall be the same for all registered candidates. Placement of campaigning materials within any state-owned or municipally owned facilities shall be free of charge.
(as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


9. No campaigning materials shall be placed (posted, displayed) on monuments, obelisks, buildings, structures and within the premises of any historical, cultural or architectural value, inside the buildings where election commissions or polling stations are located or at a distance less than 50 meters from the entrance thereto.
(as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


10. Advertising agencies or self-employed agents shall offer equal terms and conditions to registered candidates with regard to placement of their campaigning materials.
(as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


11. Organizations and self-employed entrepreneurs producing printed campaigning materials shall offer equal payment terms to registered candidates with regard to such materials. Information of the rates charged (in the Russian Federation currency) and other terms of payment for the work (services) performed or provided by organizations and self-employed entrepreneurs producing printed campaigning materials shall be published by the relevant organization or self-employed entrepreneur within 30 days after the date when the decision to call the election of the President of the Russian Federation was officially published. Within the same period, such information shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation or to the election commission of the Constituent of the Russian Federation where the relevant organization or self-employed entrepreneur is registered. If organizations or self-employed entrepreneurs fail to comply with the specified requirements, they shall not be entitled to perform any work (provide any services) with regard to production of the specified materials.
(clause 11 as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


12. If an election commission gets to know that any printed, audio and visual or any other campaigning materials were produced or distributed in violation of the requirements as set forth in Clauses 2 to 4, 8, 9 and 11 of the Article, it shall take the necessary measures and shall be entitled to apply to law-enforcement and other authorities asking them to terminate illegal election campaigning activities and to withdraw illegal campaigning materials.


13. No provisions of this Article shall be applied to any campaigning materials subject to distribution in accordance with Articles 52 and 53 of this Federal Law.
(clause 13 has been introduced by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)