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19. If there is a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a candidate, what is the limit?

Russian Federation

Russian Federation

Answer
For single-mandate candidates at the Parliamentary elections, the limits for donations are set at 2% for individuals and 20% for legal entities, calculated from the limit of maximum allowed expenses, as provided by the federal law; For Presidential candidates, the limits for donations are set at 1.5% for individuals and 7% for legal entities, calculated from the limit of maximum allowed expenses out of the candidate’s electoral fund, as provided by the federal law.
Source

Art. 71 - "(8) Candidates’ electoral funds can be established only at the expenses of: … 3) voluntary donations of citizens and legal entities; such donations for each citizen and legal entity shall not exceed respectively 2 and 20 per cent of the maximum allowed expenses by this Federal Law for candidate funds; (9) The maximum sum of all expenses from candidates’ electoral funds shall not exceed 40 million RUB.”

Source: Article 71 (8 to 9), Federal Law on Elections of Deputies to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, 2014

For Presidential elections:

Art. 58 – “(2) Electoral funds of candidates may be formed exclusively out of the sources as follows: ... 3) voluntary donations of persons and legal entities, not exceeding 1.5 percent and 7 percent, respectively, of the maximum limit on all the expenses out of the candidate’s electoral fund, as established in accordance with this Federal Law, per citizen or legal entity.

(3) The maximum limit of a candidate’s total expenses out of his electoral fund shall not exceed 400 million rubles.”

Source: Article 58 (2 to 3), Federal Law on the Presidential Elections in the Russian Federation, 2002

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