RUSSIAN FEDERATION FEDERAL LAW On Amendments to the Federal Law " On Basic Guarantees of Voting Rights and the Right to participate in the Referendum of Russian citizens Federation "and Article 33 of the Federal Law " On elections of deputies to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation " in part of activities observers January 2016-Approval by the Federation Council (...) (...) (...) OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2253; 2005, N 30, sect. 3104; 2006, N 29, 100 3125; N 31, st. 3427; 2007, N 10, est. 1151; N 17, est. 1938; N 31, est. 4011; 2008, N 52, sect. 6229; 2009, N 20, sect. 2391; 2010, N 17, sect. 1986; N 23, Art. 2794; N 27, sect. 3417; N 41, est. 5192; 2011, N 1, est. 16; N 25, est. 3536; N 29, st. 4291; N 43, sect. 5975; 2012, N 19, sect. 2274; N 41, sect. 5522; 2013, N 14, sect. 1648; 27, sect. 3477; 2014, N 19, st. 2300; N 23, st. 2931; 2015, N 41, est. 5639) the following changes: 1) Article 29, paragraph 26, should be supplemented with the following sentence: " At the same time, the candidate, the electoral association that nominated the list of candidates, may terminate the powers of a member of the commission with the right of deliberative body the right to vote and appoint a new member of the Commission with the right of advisory vote for the same commission not more than five times. "; "be supplemented by the words" and with the summary tables ", the words" or " The trustee "shall be replaced by the words" or by his authorized representative for financial matters or a trustee "to supplement the new second sentence with the following:" At the meeting of the commission at which the question of registration will be considered A candidate, a list of candidates, is entitled to be present, respectively, the nominated candidate or his/her authorized representative for financial affairs, the authorized representative of the electoral association. "; b) in paragraph 4 of the list of candidates. The proposal should be worded as follows: " The political party, The public association, the registered candidate or in the cases provided for by the federal law, the trustee of the registered candidate, as well as the initiative group for holding the referendum, is entitled to appoint each commission no more than two observers who are entitled to observe the voting room in turn. ", to be supplemented by the following sentences:" The same person may be designated as an observer only in one commission. The federal law may provide that an observer may be a citizen of the Russian Federation, which has an active right to vote. No elected officials, deputies, senior officials of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation (heads of the supreme executive bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation), heads of local authorities, may be appointed by observers. Administrations, persons directly under the authority of these officials, judges, prosecutors, members of commissions with the right to vote, with the exception of members of commissions whose powers have been suspended under article 29, paragraph 7 of this Federal Law. "; , paragraph 5, after the words" the polling station, the referendum segment "to add to the words" and the room in which the votes of the voters, the referendum participants are counted, "; g) in paragraph 7 of the fifth sentence, delete; d) to supplement paragraph 7-1 , to read: " 7-1. Political party, other public association, registered candidate, initiative group for holding the referendum, appointing observers to precinct commissions not later than three days before voting day (early voting) submit the list of nominated observers to the respective territorial commission, and in the elections to the local self-government bodies, the local referendum-to the corresponding election commission of the municipal education or the inu statutory commission. The list shall include the surname, first name and patronymic of each observer, address of his or her place of residence, number of the polling station, polling station, the name of the commission to which the observer is going. "; editions: " 8. The direction referred to in paragraph 7 of this article shall be submitted by an observer to a commission to which he is assigned, on the day prior to the voting (early voting) or directly on the date of the vote (early voting). Only the observer referred to in the list provided for in paragraph 7-1 of this article may be submitted to the precinct commission. Other restrictions, other than those specified in the present Federal Act, concerning the presence of observers in the polling station, the observation of the voting, the counting of voters, the participants in the referendum and the drafting of the voting of the voting records, as well as the issuance of copies thereof, shall not be permitted. "; , para. 9, add to the following subparagraph: (c) to be made in the voting room (from the place to be determined) (...) (...) "(a) In article 64, paragraph 1 (a), add the following sentence:" Persons referred to in article 30, paragraph 3 of this Federal Act, access to the voting premises shall be provided at least one hour before the voting starts. "; b) to be supplemented by paragraphs 11 to 1 and 11 to 2 as follows: " 11-1. The chairman of the precinct commission monitors the order in the voting room. The order of the chairman of the precinct commission, which is within the limits of its competence, is obligatory for all those present in the voting room. In the absence of the President of the precinct commission, he is chaired by the deputy chairman of the precinct commission, and in the absence of the deputy chairman of the precinct commission-the secretary or other member of the precinct commission with the right to vote, She is. 11-2. In the event of a vote, the counting of voters, the participants in the referendum and the drafting of the protocol of the precinct commission on the results of voting in the voting room, the persons referred to in paragraph 3 may be present in the premises of the precinct commission. of article 30 of this Federal Act. These persons shall be entitled to observe both continuous and freely chosen periods of time throughout the observation period and shall be provided with free access to the room (s) in which the votes are taken and the counting of the votes is taken The voters, the participants in the referendum. The list of persons who monitored the voting and the vote count of the voters, the participants in the referendum, shall be drawn up by the precinct commission on the basis of the documents submitted by the persons concerned. "; , paragraph 12, set out the following editions: " 12. A member of the precinct commission shall be immediately suspended from participation, and the observer and other persons shall be removed from the voting room if they violate the laws of the Russian Federation on elections and referendums and that such a violation has been established In a court of law. Enforcement of the relevant judicial decision is provided by law enforcement agencies. Law enforcement agencies shall also ensure, in accordance with federal laws, the security of citizens and public order in the polling station and the polling station, the polling station. "; 4), article 68, paragraph 1. to supplement the sentence with the following sentence: "Persons referred to in article 30, paragraph 3, of this Federal Act shall be given the opportunity to be present during the counting of the voters, the participants in the referendum and to observe the counting." Article 2 Article 33 Law of 22 February 2014 "On elections of deputies to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation" (Legislative Assembly of the Russian Federation) Russian Federation, 2014, No. 8, (740) The following changes: 1) in Part 2, second sentence, amend to read: " Electors shall not be elected officials, deputies, senior officials of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation (leaders of higher education or higher education); State authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation), heads of local administrations, persons directly under the authority of these officials, judges, prosecutors, members of election commissions with the right to vote, the exclusion of members of the election commissions whose terms of office were In accordance with article 29, paragraph 7, of the Federal Act on fundamental guarantees of electoral rights and the right to participate in the referendum of citizens of the Russian Federation. "; be supplemented by Part 3-1, as follows: " 3-1. The political party, the registered candidate who has appointed observers to the precinct election commissions, shall submit a list of designated observers to the corresponding territorial election at least three days before the voting day (early voting). Commission. The list shall specify the surname, name and patronymic of each observer, address of his or her place of residence, number of the polling station, the name of the election commission to which he is directed. "; 4) of Part 4 and 5. editions: " 4. The direction referred to in part 3 of this article shall be submitted by an observer to the election commission to which he is appointed, on the day prior to the voting (early voting), or on the election day (early voting day) (recorded vote). Only the observer referred to in the list provided for in part 3-1 of this article may be submitted to the precinct election commission. 5. The political party that registered the federal list of candidates, the candidate registered in the respective uninominal constituency, may appoint not more than two observers to each precinct election commission shall have the right to monitor the voting room in turn. The same person may be appointed as an observer only in one election commission. The establishment of restrictions other than those specified in the present Federal Act concerning the presence of observers in the premises of the electoral commission, the polling station, the observation of the voting, the counting of the votes cast, The compilation of protocols on voting results and the issuing of copies of these protocols is not permitted. ". Article 3 1. This law shall enter into force on the date of its official publication. 2. The provisions of articles 29, 30, 64 and 68 of the Federal Law of 12 June 2002, No. 67-FZ " On basic guarantees of electoral rights and the right to participate in "The referendum of the citizens of the Russian Federation" (in the wording of this Federal Act) shall apply to the legal relations that have arisen in connection with the holding of elections after the date of the entry into force of this Federal Law. President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin Moscow, Kremlin 15 February 2016 N 29-FZ