Elections
9) elections - a form of direct expression of citizens' will carried out in accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal laws, constitutions (charter), laws of the subjects of the Russian Federation, and charters of municipal formations, aimed at forming a state authority body, a local self-government body, or granting powers to an official;
Source: Federal Law No. 67-FZ dated June 12, 2002 (as amended on October 16, 2012) "On the Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right to Participate in a Referendum of Citizens of the Russian Federation" (with amendments and additions coming into force on November 1, 2012)