1. A party (bloc), a subject of the election process, shall have the right to publish its election program in the volume of no more than seven thousand eight hundred symbols, having unified layout for all parties (blocs) in the Holos Ukrainy and Uryadovyi Kuryer newspapers, as well as in one of regional (local) state or municipal printed media in each region of Ukraine at the expenses and within limits of allocations from state budget of Ukraine for preparation and conduct of elections. An agreement on publishing of abovementioned materials with abovementioned mass media is signed by the Central Election Commission or a district election commission in the respective region, respectively, under the order stipulated by paragraph 7 of Article 69 of this Law.
2. Editorial boards of the Holos Ukrainy and Uryadovyi Kuryer newspapers, as well as editorial boards of regional printed media outlets of the state ownership which are contracted with relevant district election commissions on publications of manifestos of parties (blocs) – subjects of the election process shall be obliged to forward to the relevant election commissions concrete dates of publication of mentioned issues with programs indicating the place of location those programs in every single issue (number of newspaper page) no later than 55 days before Election Day.
3. Order of election programs publication in media provided in paragraph 1 of this Article at the expense and within limits of allocations from the State Budget of Ukraine for preparation and conduct of the elections shall be determined by the Central Election Commission and respective district election commissions by drawing lots with participation of party (bloc) representatives in the Central Election Commission or authorized representatives of parties (blocs) in a respective election district no later than 53 days before Election Day.
4. Results of drawing lots on order of publication of election programs of parties (blocs) shall be published, respectively, in the Holos Ukrainy and Uryadovyi Kuryer newspapers, in regional (local) public or municipal printed media within three days after its approval by the Central Election Commission or the respective district election commission.
5. A party (bloc) — the subject of the election process shall have the right to publish materials at the expense from their fund in printed mass media of any form of ownership, issued in Ukraine, except for mass media as referred to in paragraph 19 of Article 71 of this Law, at the expense of its election fund.
6. Election campaign materials as referred in paragraph 5 of this Article shall be published based on an agreement made by an administrator of a current account of a party’s (bloc’s) fund on behalf of a party (bloc) with an editorial board (publisher) of a printed media outlet. It is prohibited to publish such materials without such agreement and without funds transferred to an account of an editorial board (publisher) of a printed media outlet. This restriction shall not apply to mass media outlet, a founder (an owner) of which is a party — subject of the election process (party constituting a bloc — subject of the election process).
7. Editorial boards (publishers) of printed media of all forms of ownership should provide the Central Election Commission with all information on the use of printed sections for publication of election campaign materials of parties (blocs) upon a written request of the Central Election Commission, and should send copies of all respective agreements, payment documents, and respective publications to it, if required.
