KEY PROBLEMS OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT IN RUSSIA

Abstract

The regulatory and legal framework of local self-government in Russia is based on the delineation of powers between levels of power and the subordination of legal norms. The article considers the historical aspect of the formation of the system of local self-government, its legal guarantees at the legislative level. Despite the development of the federal legislation, many unresolved problems of financial, economic, personnel and regulatory-legal nature still remain in the issues of local self-government. Basing on the analysis of key problems of the activities of local self-government bodies, the author formulates the main directions for increasing the participation of the population in solving local issues.