What types of sanctions can be imposed for campaign finance infractions?

Russian Federation

Russian Federation

Answer
Cancellation of candidate/party registration for election
Source

Federal Law onthe Election of Deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of theRussian Federation

 

Source:http://cikrf.ru/eng/law/FL-51-FZ.html

 

Article 44. 1. Not later than in 10 days after acceptance of thedocuments required for registration of a federal list of candidates, theCentral Election Commission of the Russian Federation shall take a decision toregister the federal list of candidates or a reasoned decision to refuse thisregistration

3. Having adopted a decision to refuse to register a federallist of candidates, the Central Election Commission of the RussianFederation shall, within 24 hours of the adoption of such decision, provide itscopy to an authorized representative of the political party, stating thereasons for the refusal. The reasons for the refusal may include the following:

7) expenditure made by the political partyfrom sources other than its electoral fund and electoral funds of its regionalbranches (if any) to finance its election campaign exceeds 5 percent of themaximum limit of total expenditure out of electoral fund of a political partyestablished by this Federal Law;

8) expenditure made by the political partyto finance its election campaign exceeds by more than 5 percent the maximumlimit of total expenditure out of electoral fund of a political partyestablished by this Federal Law;

7. The decision of the Central ElectionCommission of the Russian Federation to register or not to register a federallist of candidates may be appealed to the Supreme Court of the RussianFederation, which shall consider the appeal within five days of its receipt.

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