§ Article 60(untitled)

upervisory and Auditing Services

 1. For the purposes of supervision over proper spending of funds allocated to
commissions for preparation and conduct of elections, a referendum, and over sources, proper
accounting, and use of electoral funds, referendum funds, for auditing of financial documents of
candidates, election associations, referendum initiative groups, for verification of information
provided by candidates under Clause 3, Article 33 of this Federal Law about their property,
income and sources thereof, for supervision over the return of budgetary funds allocated by
relevant election commissions to electoral funds of candidates, election associations,
supervisory and auditing services shall be established.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 2. Supervisory and auditing services shall be established under the Central Election
Commission of the Russian Federation, election commissions of the subjects of the Russian
Federation, and in cases provided by the law, under other commission with engagement of
managers and experts from state and other bodies and institutions, including the Central Bank
of the Russian Federation, the Savings Bank of the Russian Federation, main offices (national
banks) of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation in the subjects of the Russian Federation.
The said bodies and institutions, at the request of corresponding election commission and not
later than in one month after the official publication of the decision to call elections, the official
decision to call a referendum shall delegate their specialists to commissions. Such specialists
shall be delegated to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, election
commission of the subject of the Russian Federation for the period of at least five months, and
to other commissions – for the period of at least two months.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 3. For the periods of their work in supervisory and auditing services, specialists referred
to in Clause 2 of this Article shall be relieved from their main work and retain their jobs, salaries,
and other benefits at their main place of work, and they may receive additional compensations
out of the funds allocated for preparation and conduct of elections and referenda.

 Chapter IX. GUARANTEES OF RIGHTS OF CITIZENS AT ORGANIZATION
 AND CONDUCT OF VOTING, COUNTING OF VOTES OF VOTERS,
 REFERENDUM PARTICIPANTS, ESTABLISHMENT OF RESULTS OF ELECTIONS,
 REFERENDUM AND THEIR PUBLICATION