The law is designed to prevent political parties, their regional branches, electoral funds, and referenda funds from receiving financing from legal and natural persons acting through non-profit organisations who are forbidden to carry out such financing (foreign citizens, international and foreign organisations, state and municipal organisations, and other legal or natural persons provided for in the law). Corresponding amendments are made to the federal law “On Non-Profit Organisations”, “On Political Parties” and other federal laws that relate to elections and referenda.
The federal law determines that restrictions apply to non-profit organisations wishing to make donations to political parties, their regional branches, electoral funds and referenda funds in case they have received financial resources or other property during the year prior to the day the donation from legal or natural persons who are prohibited from making such donations. Along with this, the restrictions will only apply when these financial means or other property received by non-profit organisations are not returned to the listed (donating) legal or natural persons before the day the donation was made to a political party, its regional branch, an electoral fund or one designed for referenda. (If it is not possible to return these funds then they may be credited or transferred to the Russian Federation.)
In addition, the law provides for specifying the provisions of the federal law “On Political Parties” and federal laws regulating elections and referenda which concern the agencies involved in registering Russian citizens’ location and place of residence within Russia as well as organs authorised to register non-profit organisations.