15. Is there a ban on state resources being given to or received by political parties or candidates (excluding regulated public funding)?

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan

Answer
Yes
Source

Article 27. Donations to political parties

[...]

3. Political parties shall be prohibited from accepting donations from:

1) foreign states, and natural and legal persons of foreign states;

2) stateless persons;

3) minor (underage) citizens of Turkmenistan;

4) legal persons of Turkmenistan that have foreign capital in their charter capital;

5) international organizations and international public movements;

6) state authorities and local self-governance bodies in cases not provided for by the legislation of Turkmenistan;

7) military units, military organizations and law enforcement agencies;

8) charitable and religious organizations, as well as from organizations established by them;

9) legal persons which have been registered for less than twelve months; and

10) unknown sources.

(Law of Turkmenistan on Political Parties, 2012 available at http://asgabat.net/stati/zakonodatelstvo-turkmenistana/zakon-turkmenistana-o-politicheskih-partijah.html  accessed January 2018).

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