1. The candidate shall appoint authorized representatives for financial issues. A candidate’s authorized representative for financial issues shall carry out its activities on the basis of a notarized power of attorney issued by the candidate, specifying surname, first name, patronymic name, date of birth, series, number and issue date of his passport of a citizen (or a substitute document), address or place of residence, powers of the authorized representative for financial issues and showing a sample signature for financial documents.
(as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

2. When appointing an authorized representative for financial issues the candidate shall grant him the following powers:
1) opening of a special election account;
2) disposal of election campaign funds;
3) accounting for election campaign funds;
4) control over receipt and spending of election campaign funds;
5) right to sign payment documents.

3. A candidate may delegate to his authorized representative for financial issues any other powers in addition to those specified in clause 2 of this Article.

4. Registration of a candidate’s authorized representative for financial issues shall be carried out by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation on the basis of the candidate’s application, power of attorney specified in clause 1 hereof, upon producing by the candidate’s authorized representative for financial issues of his passport or a substitute for a passport of a citizen. The term of office of an authorized representative for financial issues shall start at the date of registration of the authorized representative for financial issues by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation and expire in 90 days of voting day and, in case that, in accordance with this Federal Law, any legal proceeding is initiated in which the relevant candidate is involved, at the date of issue of a final court judgment.
(as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

5. The candidate may at any time terminate powers of his authorized representative for financial issues by giving written notice and submitting a written application to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation together with the statement specifying the person to whom the powers of such withdrawn authorized representative will be granted. Copies of the above applications and statements shall be simultaneously referred by the candidate to the relevant branch of the Savings Bank (Sberbank) of the Russian Federation.

6. Registration of a newly appointed authorized representative for financial issues shall be carried out in the manner set forth in clause 4 of this Article.