18. Is there a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a candidate?
Russian Federation
Article 66:'1. A candidate nominated in a single-seat electoral district, a political party and an electoral bloc which nominated a federal list (federallists) of candidates shall establish their own electoral funds. A candidate nominated only on a federal list of candidates, a political partyand an electoral bloc which nominated candidates only in single-seat electoral districts shall not establish their own electoral funds.2. Electoral funds of candidates nominated in single-seat electoral districts may be formed only from the following sources:(3) voluntary donations of citizens and legal entities in an amount not exceeding, respectively 5 percent and 50 percent of themaximum level of all expenditures from a candidate's electoral fund established in accordance with this Federal Law, for eachcitizen, each legal entity.' (Source: Federal Law on the Election of Deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation)
Article 58:'1. A candidate shall be obliged to establish his own electoral fund.2. Electoral funds of candidates may be formed only from the following sources:3) voluntary donations of citizens and legal entities in an amount not exceeding, respectively, 1.5 and 7 percent of the maximum limit on all expenditures from a candidate's electoral fund established inaccordance with this Federal Law, for each citizen, each legal entity.' (Source: Federal Law on the Election of the President of the Russian Federation)
