1. Voluntary contributions to a candidate’s election fund by citizens may be made through a post office, credit institution or personally by the citizen of the Russian Federation from his own funds upon presentation of a passport of a citizen or a substituting document. When making a voluntary contribution, the citizen specifies in the payment document the following personal information: surname, first name, patronymic name, date of birth, address of the place of residence, series and number of the passport of a citizen or a substituting document, nationality.
(as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

2. Voluntary contributions to the candidate’s election fund by legal entities shall be made in a cashless form by transferring funds to the special election account. When making voluntary contribution by a legal entity the payment document shall specify the following information: identification number of a taxpayer, name, registration date, bank details; a note on the absence of restrictions provided for in clause 6 of Article 58 of this Federal Law shall be made.
(as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

3. Voluntary contributions by citizens and legal entities shall be transferred (credited) to the special election fund by post offices and credit institutions not later than on the following banking day after the receipt of the relevant payment document. The total period of bank transfer shall not exceed two banking days within the territory of a subject of the Russian Federation and five banking days within the territory of the Russian Federation.

4. The candidate may return any contribution to contributors, except for contributions made by anonymous contributors. If a voluntary contribution to the election fund is made by a citizen or a legal entity not entitled to make such contribution, on a contribution is made in violation of clauses 1 and 2 of this Article, or a contribution is made in the amount exceeding the maximum amount of such contribution set forth in Article 58 of this Federal Law, the candidate shall, within ten days of the receipt of the contribution amount to the special election fund, return it to the contributor, either in full amount, or the part of such contribution which exceeds the established maximum amount of contribution (minus postage expenses) specifying the reason for return. The candidate shall not be liable for acceptance of contributions in cases where contributors specified information provided by clauses 1 and 2 of this Article which proved to be inaccurate, unless he received information on unlawfulness of such contributions in a timely manner.
(clause 4 as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

5. Contributions made by anonymous contributors shall be transferred by the candidate to the federal budget within ten days of the receipt thereof to the special election fund.

6. Citizens and legal entities may provide financial support to the candidate only through his election fund. Expenditure of monetary funds not transferred to the candidate’s election fund for the purpose of achievement of a certain result of elections of the President of the Russian Federation is prohibited. Performance of paid works (provision of paid services), sale of goods, directly or indirectly related to the elections of the President of the Russian Federation and aimed at achievement of a certain result of the elections are prohibited without documentarily confirmed consent of the candidate or his authorized representative and without payment from funds of the election fund. Payments for such performance of works (provision of services) or sale of goods must be made by the candidate and legal entities in a cashless form.
(clause 6 as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

7. Performance of works (provision of services) free of charge or at unreasonably low (high) prices by legal entities, their branches, representative offices and other subdivisions, directly or indirectly related to the elections of the President of the Russian Federation and aimed at achievement of a certain result of the elections are prohibited. Material support of the candidate aimed at achievement of a certain result of the elections may be provided only on the condition of its compensation using money from the candidate’s election fund.
(clause 7 introduced by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)

8. Voluntary performance of works (provision if services) free of charge by a citizen for the candidate during the election campaign without engagement of third parties is allowed.
(clause 8 introduced by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)