MOSCOW, Feb 17A group of deputies of the Just Russia — For Truth faction submitted to the State Duma a bill that enshrines the term «political advertising» in the legislation and allows political parties to use all possible advertising tools to disseminate information about their activities and promote their views outside the campaign period, the corresponding document was published in Thursday in the Duma's electronic database. Changes are proposed to be made to the law «On Advertising». The document legislates the concept of political advertising, which is understood as «information disseminated outside the campaign period in any way, in any form and using any means, addressed to an indefinite circle of people and aimed at promoting the views, goals, objectives and publishing the results of the activities of a political party, its regional offices and other structural divisions».
February 14, 10:58 A Muscovite complained to the UK about the absence of white people in Nike adsAccording to the text of the bill, registered parties, their regional branches and other structural divisions with the status of a legal entity can act as advertisers of political advertising. Political advertising distributed on the Internet must contain an appropriate note, as well as an indication of the advertiser and the site page. It is also noted that it is allowed to mention members of the party and its leadership, deputies of the State Duma, senior officials and deputies of legislative bodies of state power of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, heads of municipalities, deputies of representative bodies of municipalities elected from this party. The authors of the initiative explained that the lack of a concept political advertising has led to the fact that it is possible only in the form of election campaigning, in the case of the participation of a political party in the relevant elections. This means that parties can only use outdoor advertising and Internet advertising for a certain period of time, which is on average 2-3 months during the year for the period of the election campaign. «In the period before and during the election campaign, information that includes information about political parties and other electoral associations, individual political figures, which does not contain signs of election campaigning, is allowed to be placed on advertising structures on the terms of social advertising,» the accompanying materials say. Outside of the campaign period, political advertising on the Internet is also prohibited.
