Article 5.18: Illegal use of money in the financing of the electoral campaign of a candidate, an electoral association, the activities of the referendum initiative group and the other of participants in the referendum

Use by a candidate, an electoral association, a referendum initiative group, a different group of voters in funding their electoral campaign or campaign p Exference of funds not transferred to the electoral fund, the referendum fund or funds received to the electoral fund, the referendum fund in violation of electoral law, and referendums, as well as other persons ' spending in order to achieve a certain result in the elections, the referendum of funds not listed in the electoral fund, the referendum fund, if any The acts do not constitute a criminal offence, or exceed the legal limits for the expenditure of funds from the electoral fund, the referendum fund or the expenditure of money. the electoral fund, the referendum fund for purposes not provided for by the electoral law and the referendums, carries an administrative fine of 20,000 citizens. Up to twenty-five thousand rubles; for officials, between thirty thousand and forty thousand rubles; for legal persons, between three hundred thousand and one million rubles.