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17. If there is a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a political party during an election, what is the limit?

Russian Federation

Russian Federation

Answer
For political parties which nominated a federal list of candidates, the limits for donations are set at 0.07% for individuals and 3.5% for legal entities, calculated from the limit of maximum allowed expenses, as provided by the federal law; For regional branches of political parties in a subject of the Russian Federation, the limits for donations are set at 2% for individuals and 20% for legal entities, calculated from the limit of maximum allowed expenses from electoral funds of regional chapters of political parties, as provided by the federal law.
Source

Art. 71 – “(2) Electoral funds of political parties shall be created exclusively at the expense of: … 2) donations of citizens and legal entities; such donations for each citizen and legal entity shall not exceed respectively 0.07 and 3.5 per cent of the maximum allowed expenses by this Federal Law;

(4) Electoral funds of regional chapters of political parties shall be created exclusively at the expense of: … 2) 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 from electoral funds of regional chapters of political parties;"

Source: Article 71 (2) and (4), Federal Law on Elections of Deputies to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, 2014

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