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On 11 June 2004 the State Duma of the Federal Assembly (Parliament) of the Russian Federation adopted the new Federal Constitutional Statute "On Referendum of the Russian Federation". President Vladimir Putin signed it into law on 28 June 2004. The Statute, which aims to make the system of electoral and referendum legislation uniform, repealed the Act with the same name of 10 October 1995. The Statute provides for the procedure of initiating a nationwide referendum, formation of referendum commissions, balloting and vote tabulation. It guarantees access by observers to the voting process, sets...

On 9 March 2004 President Vladimir Putin signed the Decree "On the system and structure of the federal executive bodies". In order to elaborate on the Decree's provisions the Government of the Russian Federation approved on 6 April 2004 the Ordinance regulating the authority of the new Ministry of Culture and Mass Communications and on 8 April 2004 the Ordinance regulating the authority of the new Federal Agency on Press and Mass Communications. The latter Ordinance enters into force on 21 April 2004. According to the Decree of 9 March 2004, the former Ministry of Press, Television and Radio Broadcasting...

On 30 October 2003, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation declared unconstitutional one part of the law that restricts media coverage of election campaigns. The ruling cancels an umbrella clause in the 2002 Federal Statute "On the Basic Guarantees of Voting Rights and the Right to Participate in a Referendum of Citizens of the Russian Federation", which defined campaigning so broadly that any reporting on a candidate tentially capable of swaying voters. Previously, any detail characterizing a candidate within the pre-election period (of about 3 months prior to the voting day) could...

On 4 July 2003 a federal statute "On amendments and additions to some acts of the Russian Federation" was adopted in connection with the adoption of the federal statute "On basic guarantees of electoral rights of citizens of the Russian Federation and their right to participate in a referendum". The first article of this statute makes changes in the 1991 statute "On the mass media". Article 60 ("Responsibility for other violations of mass media law") of the statute "On the mass media" now introduces responsibility for violation of restrictions relating to canvassing on questions regarding referendums...

On 23 January 2003, the Ministry of Communication and Informatization issued Order No. 7 "on the holding of a competition for the right to use radio frequencies for the purposes of distribution of television programs using MMDS, LMDS and MVDS systems". To participate in such a competition it is necessary to submit an application form. The order approves this form and the format of reports on the results of competition. The order also sets a term of one month, during which the state-run Main Radio-frequency Centre is obliged to provide data on the availability of channels for MMDS broadcasting...