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Chapter IV. Internal Structure of a Political Party
Article 21. Statutes of a Political Party
Article 22. Program of a Political Party
Article 23. Membership In a Political Party
Article 24. Leading Bodies of a Political Party and Its Regional Branches
Article 25. Adoption of the Statutes and the Program of a Political Party and of Other Important Decisions
Article 21. Statutes of a Political Party
1. A political party, its regional branch and other structural subdivisions shall function on the basis of and in compliance with the statutes of the political party.
2. The statutes of a political party shall contain the provisions defining:
a) the objectives and goals of the political party;
b) the name of the political party, including its abbreviated name, the description of its symbols (if any);
c) the conditions and procedure for acquiring and losing membership in the political party, the rights and duties of its members;
d) the procedure for registration of members of the political party;
e) the procedure for creation, reorganization and liquidation of the political party, its regional branches and other structural subdivisions;
f) the procedure for election of the leading and supervisory-auditing bodies of the political party, its regional branches and other structural subdivisions, the period of powers and the competence of the said bodies;
g) the procedure for introducing modifications and amendments in the statutes of the political party and its program;
h) the rights of the political party, its regional branches and other structural subdivisions with regard to management of funds and other property; the financial responsibility of the political party, its regional branches and other structural subdivisions; the reporting rules of the political party, its regional branches and other structural subdivisions;
i) the procedure for nomination by the political party of candidates (lists of candidates) for deputies and for other elective offices in the bodies of state power and bodies of local self-government.
j) the grounds and procedure for recalling candidates, registered candidates for deputies and for other elective offices in the bodies of state power and bodies of local self-government, nominated by the political party.
3. The statutes of a political party may also contain other provisions pertaining to its activity, which are not contrary to the Russian Federation laws.
4. Modifications and amendments to the statutes of a political party shall be subject to state registration within the period established by this Federal Law. A registration fee shall be charged for state registration of modifications and amendments to the statutes of a political party in the amount of three times the minimum monthly wage established by the federal law as of March 1 of the year preceding the year of state registration of modifications and amendments to the statutes of the political party.
When performing registration of modifications and amendments to the statutes of a political party, the federal registration body shall not impose any requirements on the political party, which are not related to the modifications and amendments to its statutes.
Article 22. Program of a Political Party
1. A political party shall have a program defining the principles of its activity, its objectives and goals and the methods of achieving these objectives and goals.
2. The modifications and amendments to the program of a political party shall be submitted to the federal registration body for its information within a month after they are introduced.
Article 23. Membership In a Political Party
1. Membership in a political party shall be voluntary and individual.
2. Membership in a political party shall be open to citizens of the Russian Federation who have attained to the age of 18 years. Foreign nationals, stateless persons and citizens of the Russian Federation declared by a court to be legally incompetent shall not be eligible for membership in a political party.
3. Citizens of the Russian Federation shall be admitted to a political party on the basis of their personal written applications, in the procedure established by the statutes of the political party.
4. Members of a political party shall participate in the activity of the political party, exercise the rights and bear the obligations in conformity with its statutes.
5. Members of a political party shall have the right to elect and be elected to the leading bodies of the political party, its regional branches and other structural subdivisions; receive information about the activity of the political party and its leading bodies; appeal the decisions and actions of the said bodies in the procedure established by the statutes of the political party.
6. A citizen of the Russian Federation may be a member of only one political party. A member of a political party may be registered with only one regional branch of the given political party at the place where he or she resides permanently or most of the time.
7. It shall be forbidden to require citizens of the Russian Federation to indicate membership or non-membership in a political party when they submit official information about themselves.
8. Membership or non-membership of citizens of the Russian Federation in a political party shall not serve as a reason for restricting their rights and freedoms or as a condition for granting them any privileges.
9. Members of a political party shall not be bound by decisions of the political party in the performance of their official duties, except for persons working in the leading and supervisory-auditing bodies of the political party, its regional branches or other structural subdivisions.
10. Membership in a political party shall not be restricted on professional, social, racial, national or religious grounds or depending on sex, origin, property status, place of residence. Restriction of the right to join a political party or the obligation to suspend membership in a political party may be established with respect to certain categories of citizens of the Russian Federation by the federal constitutional laws and federal laws.
Article 24. Leading Bodies of a Political Party and Its Regional Branches
1. The supreme leading body of a political party shall be the congress of the political party.
2. The supreme leading body of a regional branch of a political party shall be the conference or the general meeting of the regional branch of the political party.
3. Election of the leading bodies of a political party shall be held at least once every four years.
4. Election of the leading bodies of regional branches of a political party shall be held at least once every two years.
Article 25. Adoption of the Statutes and the Program of a Political Party and of Other Important Decisions
1. Adoption, modification and amendment of the statutes and the program of a political party, election of the leading and supervisory-auditing bodies of a political party, nomination by a political party of candidates (lists of candidates) for deputies and for other elective offices in the bodies of state power and bodies of local self-self-government, consideration of the questions of reorganization or liquidation of a political party and its regional branches shall be carried out at the congress of the political party which shall be attended by delegates from regional branches of the political party formed in more than a half of the subjects of the Russian Federation. Resolutions on the said issues shall be adopted in conformity with the statutes of the political party by a majority vote of the delegates present at the congress of the political party.
2. Resolutions on the election of the leading and supervisory-auditing bodies of regional branches of a political party, on the nomination by regional branches of a political party of candidates (lists of candidates) for deputies and for other elective offices in the bodies of state power of the subjects of the Russian Federation and in the bodies of local self-government shall be adopted at the conference or at the general meeting of the regional branches of the political party in conformity with its statutes by a majority vote of delegates present at the conference or the general meeting of the regional branches of the political party.
3. Resolutions on the election of the leading and supervisory-Auditing bodies of a political party and its regional branches and also on nomination of candidates (lists of candidates) for deputies and for other elective offices in the bodies of state power and bodies of local self-government shall be voted upon by secret ballot.
4. Resolutions on other issues concerning the activity of a political party, its regional branches and other structural subdivisions shall be adopted in conformity with the statutes of the political party.
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