Article 5, clause 1 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 deputies of the State Duma …
Article 5, clause 4 states:
A citizen of the Russian Federation shall not be entitled to the right to elect or be elected and to participate in other electoral actions if he has been declared by a court to be incapable or is held in custody under a court sentence.
Article 22, 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 43, clause 12 states:
The following signatures shall be deemed invalid: …
(8)… if the list is certified by a signature collector who is under 18 years old as of the moment of signature collection, and (or) such person is recognized legally incapable…
Article 49, clause 7 states:
Circumstances compelling a candidate to waive further participation in the election of deputies of the State Duma mean occupation by a candidate of the office specified by the Constitution of the Russian Federation; a court decision pronouncing a candidate’s incapacity or legal incapacity; a serious illness or persistent health problems of a candidate or his next of kin. The circumstances compelling the political party to recall a federal list of candidates mean withdrawal of candidates included in the all-federal part of a federal list due to compelling circumstances, including their death, and (or) withdrawal of more than 25 percent of candidates from a federal list of candidates.
Article 75, clause 10 states:
A voter who is not able to sign for receipt of a ballot or mark the ballot by himself or participate in electronic voting may be assisted by another person... Such voter shall orally inform the election commission on his intention to ask another person to assist him…
Article 77 states:
(1) The precinct election commission shall make proper arrangements to enable voters to vote if they are entitled to be, 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). The precinct election commission shall also make voting arrangements for voters who are included in the voters’ list of the given election precinct but are kept in places of confinement of persons suspected or accused of commission of crimes. (as amended by the Federal Law of April 26, 2007, No.64-FZ)
(2) Save as otherwise provided by Article 76 of this Federal Law, voting outside the polling station shall be conducted only on the voting day on the basis of a written or oral application of a voter (which may be relayed through other persons) for voting outside the polling station. Such application may be made by a voter at any time after the formation of the precinct election commission but not later than in four hours before the end of the voting time. The precinct election commission shall record all received applications in a special register and, after the end of voting, shall keep this register together with the voters’ list. Application (oral application) that was submitted later than at set time may not be granted, and a voter or a person assisted in submission of application shall be notified orally of this directly at the moment of receipt of application (oral application)…
(4) A written or oral application 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 contain his surname, first name and patronymic of the voter and his residential address. The 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 such voting…
(6) By the decision of territorial election commission, the quantity of mobile ballot boxes for voting outside the polling station stated in paragraphs 1 and 2, Clause 6 of this Article may be increased but by no more than 1 mobile ballot box in presence of 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 16.1, 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”;…
(9) If a voter due to his disability or health condition cannot independently sign for receipt of a ballot or fill in a ballot, he may use the assistance of other voter in the manner prescribed by Clause 10, Article 75 of this Federal Law…
Article 13, 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 16 states:
…(6) 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").
(7) 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 38, clause 4 states:
In case a disabled person is nominated within the list of candidates and due to this reason cannot independently write a statement with consent to run for election, file or certify other documents prescribed by the law, this person has the right to use the assistance of other person. At this the powers of the person providing assistance in filing or certifying documents prescribed by Clause 4 of this Article shall be notarized.
Article 52, clause 1 states:
Election commissions shall carry out informing of voters, including through the mass media on preparation and conduct of the elections, the periods and procedure of the performance of electoral actions, the political parties that nominated federal lists of candidates, the candidates, and the electoral legislation of the Russian Federation. Election commissions also take necessary measures to inform disabled voters.
Article 72, clause 9 states:
In order to inform visually impaired citizens, bulletin boards shall provide materials indicated in Clauses 3, 4 and 8 of this Article in large fonts and (or) with the use of Braille alphabet. Election precincts that shall have bulletin boards with such materials are determined by the decision of the election commission of the Russian Federation.
Article 73, clause 2 states:
In order to help visually impaired voters, by the decision of corresponding election commission special stencils shall be made for independent filling in of ballots including with the use of Braille alphabet. Election precincts that have such stencils prepared are determined by the decisions of election commission of the subject of the Russian Federation.
Article 74, 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 from the respective territorial election commission (in 45 - 25 days before the voting day) or the precinct commission (in 19 and less days before the voting day) and take part in the voting at the election precinct where he will be staying on the voting day.
Article 75, clause 10 states:
A voter who is not able to sign for receipt of a ballot or mark the ballot by himself or participate in electronic voting may be assisted by another person who is not a member of the election commission, a registered candidate, an attorney or an authorized representative of the political party, including an authorized representative for financial matters, an authorized representative of the regional branch of the political party for financial issues, an observer, a foreign (international) observer. Such voter shall orally inform the election commission on his intention to ask another person to assist him. In this case, surname, first name and patronymic, series and number of the passport or an equivalent identity document of the person assisting such voter shall be entered in the appropriate column (columns) of the voters’ list.
Article 77 states:
(1) The precinct election commission shall make proper arrangements to enable voters to vote if they are entitled to be, 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). The precinct election commission shall also make voting arrangements for voters who are included in the voters’ list of the given election precinct but are kept in places of confinement of persons suspected or accused of commission of crimes. (as amended by the Federal Law of April 26, 2007, No.64-FZ) 2. Save as otherwise provided by Article 76 of this Federal Law, voting outside the polling station shall be conducted only on the voting day on the basis of a written or oral application of a voter (which may be relayed through other persons) for voting outside the polling station. Such application may be made by a voter at any time after the formation of the precinct election commission but not later than in four hours before the end of the voting time. The precinct election commission shall record all received applications in a special register and, after the end of voting, shall keep this register together with the voters’ list. Application (oral application) that was submitted later than at set time may not be granted, and a voter or a person assisted in submission of application shall be notified orally of this directly at the moment of receipt of application (oral application)…
(4) A written or oral application 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 contain his surname, first name and patronymic of the voter and his residential address. The 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 such voting…
(6) By the decision of territorial election commission, the quantity of mobile ballot boxes for voting outside the polling station stated in paragraphs 1 and 2, Clause 6 of this Article may be increased but by no more than 1 mobile ballot box in presence of 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 16.1, 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”;…
(9) If a voter due to his disability or health condition cannot independently sign for receipt of a ballot or fill in a ballot, he may use the assistance of other voter in the manner prescribed by Clause 10, Article 75 of this Federal Law…
Article 5, clause 4 states:
A citizen of the Russian Federation shall not be entitled to the right to elect or be elected and to participate in other electoral actions if he has been declared by a court to be incapable or is held in custody under a court sentence.
Article 22, 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 43, clause 12 states:
The following signatures shall be deemed invalid: …8)… if the list is certified by a signature collector who is under 18 years old as of the moment of signature collection, and (or) such person is recognized legally incapable…
Article 49, clause 7 states:
Circumstances compelling a candidate to waive further participation in the election of deputies of the State Duma mean occupation by a candidate of the office specified by the Constitution of the Russian Federation; a court decision pronouncing a candidate’s incapacity or legal incapacity; a serious illness or persistent health problems of a candidate or his next of kin. The circumstances compelling the political party to recall a federal list of candidates mean withdrawal of candidates included in the all-federal part of a federal list due to compelling circumstances, including their death, and (or) withdrawal of more than 25 percent of candidates from a federal list of candidates.