Article 3 states:
A citizen of the Russian Federation who has attained to the age of 18 years as of the voting day shall be entitled to elect the President of the Russian Federation…
Article 3, clause 4 states:
A citizen of the Russian Federation pronounced legally incapable by a court or kept in detention places under a court sentence shall have no right to elect or be elected the President of the Russian Federation.
Article 16, clause 2 states:
Ineligible for appointment as non-voting members of election commissions shall be citizens of the Russian Federation who have not attained to the age of 18 years; citizens of the Russian Federation who have been pronounced incapable by a legally effective court decision…
Article 38, clause 11 states:
The following signatures shall be deemed invalid: …
Article 44, clause 7 states:
In this Federal Law "circumstances compelling a registered candidate to give up further participation in the election (withdraw his candidature)" means partial legal incapability of the registered candidate as pronounced by a court, a serious illness or persistent health problems of the registered candidate or his close relatives. In this Federal Law "circumstances compelling a political party to recall the registered candidate which it nominated" means full or partial legal incapability of the registered candidate as pronounced by a court, a serious illness or persistent health problems of the registered candidate or his close relatives, death of the registered candidate.
Article 52, clause 8 states:
If, owing to compelling circumstances (illness, performance of official duties), a registered candidate cannot take part in a joint campaigning event on the channel of the national state TV and radio broadcasting organization, his attorney may participate in the joint campaigning event instead of him.
Article 67, clause 2 states:
In order to assist visually impaired voters the corresponding election commission may decide on production of special stencils for independent filling in of a ballot, including with the use of the Braille alphabet...
Article 69, clause 10 states:
A voter who is not able to sign for receipt of a ballot or mark the ballot by himself, or take part in electronic voting may be assisted by another voter who is not a member of any election commission and is not a registered candidate…Such voter shall orally inform the election commission of his intention to ask another person to assist him...
Article 71 states:
(1) A precinct election commission shall make proper arrangements to enable voters to vote if they are entitled to be on, or are included in, the voters’ list in the given election precinct but are unable to come to the polling station for valid reasons (poor health, physical disability)…
(4) A written application (oral request) of a voter for voting outside the polling station must state the reason why the voter is unable to come to the polling station. The application shall indicate the surname, first name and patronymic of the voter and his residential address. A precinct election commission may, at its meeting, decide that the reason why a voter is unable to come to the polling station unaided is untenable and, on this basis, refuse to allow the voter to vote outside the polling station. The election commission shall immediately inform the voter of its decision to refuse to conduct such voting…
(7). Under the decision of territorial election commission the number of mobile ballot boxes for voting outside the polling station, indicated in Sub-clauses 1 and 2, Clause 7 of this Article may be increased, but not more than by 1 mobile ballot box under any of the following conditions: … 3) over 50 voters over 80 years old and (or) disabled voters are registered in the territory of election precinct, data on which are submitted in accordance with Clause 16 , Article 20 of the Federal Law “On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Participate in a Referendum”…
(10). If a voter due to him being the disabled or health problems cannot independently sign for the receipt of ballot or fill in the ballot, he can use the assistance of another voter in the manner established by Clause 10, Article 69 of this Federal Law…
Article 25, clause 4 states:
In places where voters stay temporarily (hospitals, sanatoriums…), in hard-to-reach or remote areas, …election precincts may be formed by a territorial election commission within the period established by Clause 2 of this Article, and, in exceptional cases, with the concurrence of the election commission of a subject of the Russian Federation – not later than three days before the voting day.
Article 27, clause 6 states:
Voters staying on the voting day in hospitals, sanatoriums… shall be included in the voters’ list on the basis of the passport or a document equivalent to a citizen’s passport and an absentee certificate for voting in the election of the President of the Russian Federation ("absentee certificate"). Voters at the place of temporary stay, … if they were unable to receive an absentee certificate, may be included in the voters’ list in the election precinct, where they are temporarily staying, by the decision of the given precinct election commission on the basis of a personal written application to be submitted to such precinct election commission not later than three days before the voting day…
Article 46, clause 3 states:
Informing of voters, including through the mass media, about the preparation and conduct of the election of the President of the Russian Federation, the time and procedure for the performance of electoral actions, the political parties which nominated candidates, the candidates, the groups of voters, the legislation on the election of the President of the Russian Federation shall be carried out by the election commissions. Election commissions shall also take necessary measures to inform disabled voters.
Article 66, clause 9 states:
In order to inform visually impaired voters the bulletin board shall display materials … made in large fonts and (or) with the use of the Braille alphabet.
Article 67, clause 2 states:
In order to assist visually impaired voters the corresponding election commission may decide on production of special stencils for independent filling in of a ballot, including with the use of the Braille alphabet....
Article 68, clause 5 states:
A voter unable, on the voting day, to come to the polling station of an election precinct where he is included in the voters’ list may receive an absentee certificate (in the event of a repeat voting – an absentee certificate without a detachable coupon) from the appropriate territorial election commission (45 - 25 days before the voting day) or a precinct commission (19 and less days before the voting day and also in the period from the day on which the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation announces a repeat voting up to the day preceding the day of the repeat voting) and take part in the voting in the election precinct where he will be staying on the voting day.
Article 69, clause 10 states:
A voter who is not able to sign for receipt of a ballot or mark the ballot by himself, or take part in electronic voting may be assisted by another voter who is not a member of any election commission and is not a registered candidate....
Article 71 states:
(1) A precinct election commission shall make proper arrangements to enable voters to vote if they are entitled to be on, or are included in, the voters’ list in the given election precinct but are unable to come to the polling station for valid reasons (poor health, physical disability)…
(4) A written application (oral request) of a voter for voting outside the polling station must state the reason why the voter is unable to come to the polling station. The application shall indicate the surname, first name and patronymic of the voter and his residential address. A precinct election commission may, at its meeting, decide that the reason why a voter is unable to come to the polling station unaided is untenable and, on this basis, refuse to allow the voter to vote outside the polling station. The election commission shall immediately inform the voter of its decision to refuse to conduct such voting…
(7). Under the decision of territorial election commission the number of mobile ballot boxes for voting outside the polling station, indicated in Sub-clauses 1 and 2, Clause 7 of this Article may be increased, but not more than by 1 mobile ballot box under any of the following conditions: …
(10). If a voter due to him being the disabled or health problems cannot independently sign for the receipt of ballot or fill in the ballot, he can use the assistance of another voter in the manner established by Clause 10, Article 69 of this Federal Law…
Article 3, clause 4 states:
A citizen of the Russian Federation pronounced legally incapable by a court or kept in detention places under a court sentence shall have no right to elect or be elected the President of the Russian Federation.
Article 16, clause 2 states:
Ineligible for appointment as non-voting members of election commissions shall be citizens of the Russian Federation who have not attained to the age of 18 years; citizens of the Russian Federation who have been pronounced incapable by a legally effective court decision…
Article 38, clause 11 states:
The following signatures shall be deemed invalid: …
Article 44, clause 7 states:
In this Federal Law "circumstances compelling a registered candidate to give up further participation in the election (withdraw his candidature)" means partial legal incapability of the registered candidate as pronounced by a court, a serious illness or persistent health problems of the registered candidate or his close relatives. In this Federal Law "circumstances compelling a political party to recall the registered candidate which it nominated" means full or partial legal incapability of the registered candidate as pronounced by a court, a serious illness or persistent health problems of the registered candidate or his close relatives, death of the registered candidate.
Article 52, clause 8 states:
If, owing to compelling circumstances (illness, performance of official duties), a registered candidate cannot take part in a joint campaigning event on the channel of the national state TV and radio broadcasting organization, his attorney may participate in the joint campaigning event instead of him.