(as amended by Federal Law No. 64-FZ as of April 26, 2007)
1. Candidate’s registration shall be cancelled by the decision of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation based on the candidate’s statement of withdrawal of his name from the list of candidates, on the decision of the political party on the candidate’s withdrawal submitted to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation pursuant to clause 1 or 2 of article 44 of this Federal Law and in case of candidate’s death.

2. Candidate’s registration shall be cancelled by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation in case such candidate losses eligibility for public office.

3. Registration of the candidate recommended by a political party shall be cancelled by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation based on the court decision on suspension of operations of the relevant political party entered into legal force, or in case of liquidation of the relevant political party.

4. The decision of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation on candidate’s registration, on refusal to register a candidate can be revoked by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the basis of a statement of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, candidate, in respect of whom such decision was made, other registered candidate, provided that it has been found out that the decision was made by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation in violation of the requirements stipulated by clause 2 of article 39 of this Federal Law, other requirements stipulated by this Federal Law On Basic Guarantees of Voting Rights and the Right to Take Part in a Referendum Belonging to the Russian Federation Citizens.

5. Candidate’s registration can be cancelled by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the basis of a statement of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation or of any other registered candidate not later than five days prior to the voting date in case of:

1) discovery of new circumstances being the grounds for refusal to register a candidate as provided for by subclauses 1, 1.1, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11 or 12 of clause 2 of article 39 of this Federal Law. At that, newly discovered circumstances are meant to be the circumstances which existed at the time of making decision on candidate’s registration, but were not and could not be known to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation;
2) repeated exploitation by a candidate of advantages of his official position;
3) determination of a fact of electors bribery by a candidate, his proxy, authorized representative on financial matters as well as by any other person or entity acting upon their charge;
4) use by a candidate of moneys (apart from those in his own election fund), which make more than 5 percent of maximum candidate’s election fund expense amount set by this Federal Law in financing his election campaign to achieve a certain result at the Russian Federation presidential election;
5) exceeding of election fund expense amount by the candidate by more than 5 percent of the maximum candidate’s election fund expense amount set by this Federal Law;
6) candidate’s omission to observe the restrictions provided by clause 1 or 1.1 of article 56 of the Federal Law On Basic Guarantees of Voting Rights and the Right to Take Part in a Referendum Belonging to the Russian Federation Citizens;
7) determination of the fact of hiding by a candidate of his criminal record;
8) use by a candidate standing for different elections in several election districts at a time of moneys (apart from those in own election fund for federal election district) making more than 5 percent of the maximum expense amount (regarding all election funds created by such candidate) set in accordance with clause 10 of article 58 of this Federal Law to finance his election campaign to achieve a certain result at the Russian Federation presidential election;
9) exceeding by a candidate standing for different elections in several election districts at a time of expense amount (regarding all election funds created by such candidate) by more than 5 percent of the maximum expense amount (regarding all election funds created by such candidate) set in accordance with clause 10 of article 58 of this Federal Law;
10) repeated omission of a candidate to observe the restrictions provided for by clause 5.2 of article 56 of this Federal Law;
11) determination of the fact of performance by a candidate during the period set forth in subclause 4 of clause 5.2 of article 3 of this Federal Law (but before he has acquired the status of a candidate) of acts specified in subclause "g" of clause 7 of article 76 of the Federal Law On Basic Guarantees of Voting Rights and the Right to Take Part in a Referendum Belonging to the Russian Federation Citizens.

6. In case of a candidate’s omission to observe the restrictions provided by clause 1 of article 56 of the Federal Law On Basic Guarantees of Voting Rights and the Right to Take Part in a Referendum Belonging to the Russian Federation Citizens or performance by a citizen of actions provided for by subclause “g” of clause 7 of article 76 of the said Federal Law and in cases provided for by subclauses 2 - 5 and 7 of clause 5 of this article, registration of the candidate can be cancelled by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the basis of the prosecutor’s statement.

7. Statement of cancellation of the candidate’s registration can be lodged with the court not later than eight days prior to the voting date.