§ Article 45(untitled)

nforming of Voters and Referendum Participants

 1. Voters and referendum participants shall be informed by bodies of state power,
bodies of local self-government, election commissions, mass media organizations, physical and
legal entities in accordance with this Federal Law. Bodies of state power, bodies of local self-
government shall not be entitled to inform voters on candidates, on election associations.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 2. Informational materials published in mass media or distributed in other way, shall be
objective and accurate and shall not violate the equality of candidates, election associations
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 3. Informing of voters, referendum participants, in particular through the mass media, on
preparation and conduct of elections, referenda, the periods and procedures for the
performance of electoral actions, actions relating to participation in a referendum, on election
and referendum legislation of the Russian Federation, on candidates, election associations
shall be carried out by commissions. Commissions also take reasonable measures to inform
disabled voters, referendum participants.
(as amended by the Federal Laws of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ, of June 14, 2011, No.143-FZ)

 4. Mass media organizations shall be free to inform voters, referendum participants.

 5. Information on conduct of pre-election activities, activities related to a referendum in
television and radio programs and in publications in print periodicals shall be always presented
in the form of separate information bloc without any comments. Such blocs shall not express
preference with regards to any candidate, election association, referendum initiative group,
another group of referendum participants, in particular with regards to the time allocated to
coverage of their election activities, activities related to conduct of a referendum, the amount of
print space for such information blocs.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 6. Journalists, other creative workers and officials of a mass media organization
engaged in activity related to informational support of elections, a referendum in accordance
with the legislation of the Russian Federation shall not be dismissed from their positions at the
initiative of administration (employer) and shall not be transferred to other positions without their
consent during the period of correspondent election campaign, referendum campaign, and
during one year thereafter, save the case where a disciplinary action was taken against them in
accordance with the labor legislation of the Russian Federation and this action has not been
appealed in court or has been declared lawful and appropriate by court.

 7. On the voting day, before the end of the voting in corresponding electoral district,
referendum district, no information shall be published (made public) on the voting results,
results of elections, referendum and no such information shall be placed in information-
telecommunications networks with public non-restricted access (including the Internet).
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ, of July 11, 2011, No.200-FZ)