Russian Parliamentary Parties Activities in Fundraising: Current State, Problems and Prospects

Abstract

The paper deals with the problem of fundraising as the activity of political parties represented in the federal parliament. The research gave a definition of fundraising, revealed its normative legal basis, indicated the circle of persons who would not be able its subjects. Also, it fixed the principles of sanctioning legislative restrictions. The problems of fundraising development in the Russian political environment are the dominance of local campaigns to collect donations as a sponsorship and the low level of motivation of some parliamentary political parties to conduct fundraising campaigns because of their strong dependence on state funding. In conclusion, the author drew findings about the prospects for the development of fundraising in the activities of the Duma parties.