42. If there are limits on the amount a candidate can spend, what is the limit?
Russian Federation
Answer
Maximum 40 million RUB for an individual candidate running in single-mandate electoral district (for the Parliamentary elections) and maximum 400 million RUB for a candidate running for the Presidential elections.
Source
Art. 71 - "(9) The maximum sum of all expenses from candidates’ electoral funds shall not exceed 40 million RUB.”
Source: Article 71 (9), Federal Law on Elections of Deputies to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, 2014
Art. 58 - "(3) The maximum limit of a candidate’s total expenses out of his electoral fund shall not exceed 400 million rubles.”
Source: Article 58 (3), Federal Law on the Presidential Elections in the Russian Federation, 2002
