Organization Of Self-government Research Articles

Территориальное общественное самоуправление: история и современность, перспективы совершенствования законодательства

The article examines, taking into account the amendments and additions made to the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 2020, the key characteristics of territorial public self-government, history of the development of legislation regulating social relations related to it, starting with the provisions of the USSR Law “On the general principles of local self-government and local economy in the USSR” of 1990, the Law of the RSFSR “On Local Self-Government in the RSFSR” of 1991, the federal laws “On the General Principles of Organization of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation” of 1995 and 2003. The legal positions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation related to territorial public self-government are also analyzed. Various points of view of legal scholars on the relationship between local self-government and territorial public self-government are studied. The subject of this study is also the right to exercise territorial public self-government and the article concludes this legal possibility is inherently a fundamental right within which the constitutional right to exercise local self-government is exercised. In addition, the author came to the conclusion the institutions of territorial public self-government should be given the status of public legal entity.

Research on the Innovative Path of Rural Grassroots Party Organization Construction Leading the Modernization of Rural Governance

This article focuses on the role and challenges of rural grassroots party organizations in leading the modernization of rural governance, conducting in-depth research and analysis from aspects such as party organization system construction, inadequate function, and integration with villagers' self-government organizations. It analyzes the current development status of rural grassroots party organizations and the connotation of the modernization of rural governance, and dissects the problems of inadequate system in party building work, insufficient function of the party organization, and insufficient coordinated development with villagers' self-government organizations. Based on this, optimization countermeasures such as strengthening system construction, clarifying functional positioning, and promoting the deep integration of party organizations and villagers' self-government organizations are proposed. It summarizes the significance and practical operation guidance of these countermeasures for improving the role of rural grassroots party organizations in the modernization of rural governance.

Rural Construction of Rule of Law in Rural Areas from the Perspective of Rural Revitalization

The rural revitalization strategy is a strategy put forward in the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.With regard to the fundamental issue of the national economy and people's livelihood, the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy is the top priority of the Party's work. At present,In this era, the construction of rural grassroots is the key to orderly promoting the strategy of rural revitalization, and rural governance and the rule of law cannot be partition, give full play to the leading and promoting role of the rule of law in the rural revitalization strategy, and give full play to grassroots self-governing organizations and the role of judicial organs to truly implement the guiding ideology of rural revitalization and the rule of law to high-quality rule of law we will ensure rural revitalization.

Local self-government bodies in the process of municipal reform: trends and patterns of development

The article is devoted to the study of the development patterns of the local government system in the Russian Federation. The submission to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the draft Federal Law «On the general principles of the organization of local self-government in the unified system of public authority» in December 2021 means the preparation of a new stage of municipal reform and makes it relevant to study long-term changes in the institutional organization of local self-government. The purpose of the study is to analyze changes in the structure of local self-government bodies and the rules of their formation at each stage of the development of this institution, as well as to identify the main patterns of this process. The analysis of the legislative base regulating the structure and rules of formation of local self-government bodies has been carried out. The data related to the development of the local government system provided by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation were analyzed. It is shown that the structure of local self-government bodies has not undergone significant changes. However, there have been changes in the ways of forming local self-government bodies, which reflect the trend towards their loss of institutional independence and integration into a single system of public power. This trend appeared at the stage of implementation of the Federal Law on Local Self-Government in 2003 and was consolidated in the new Draft law on Local self-government submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation in 2021. It is concluded that there is a tendency to increase the dependence on federal and regional legislators of local self-government bodies. For the institute of heads of municipalities, the loss of institutional independence was clearly manifested by the introduction of the procedure for electing heads by competition, displacing both election at municipal elections and election from the Council of Deputies. The formation of representative bodies, having passed the stage of delegating deputies to higher levels, returns to the model of direct elections. However, this happens in the context of the rejection of a two-tier system of local self-government.

Забезпечення функціонування суспільства у діяльності органів державної влади за умов дії правового режиму воєнного стану

The scientific article is devoted to the study of the activities of public authorities during the period of martial law in ensuring the functioning of society, characterization of the concept and attributes of state bodies, types of state bodies. The article examines scientific and regulatory approaches to defining the most important functions of the state, in particular, ensuring the security of citizens. On February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation, in violation of international law, carried out a full-scale invasion of the territory of Ukraine. On the same day, the legal regime of martial law was introduced (there was a fact of aggression, daily new threats of attack, a threat to Ukraine's state independence, and violation of the integrity of state borders), and accordingly, state bodies, military formations, and local governments were given the necessary powers to prevent the threat and ensure national security, as well as temporary restrictions due to the threat to the constitutional rights and freedoms of people and citizens, as well as the rights and legitimate interests of legal entities), which has been prolonged for a month. This has changed the worldview of all Ukrainians, the activities of state and self-governing institutions. Martial law is a legal regime that has its own peculiarities and regulates the activities of state and local governments in Ukraine. During the period of martial law, the activities of state bodies are aimed at ensuring the operation of the Constitution and laws of Ukraine, implementing measures of the legal regime, defending civil defense and ensuring the protection of the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of citizens of the state. Martial law provides state authorities, military administrations, and military command and control bodies with the necessary powers to prevent threats and repel armed aggression and ensure national security. Based on this, the state authorities felt the impact of the martial law regime, as they faced new challenges, but the state authorities quickly regulated their activities. The state is characterized by the presence of a social system with certain elements, manifestations, content and functional purpose, i.e. organizational overflows of society. The management of major national events places extremely high demands on the organization and interaction of state institutions and local self-government, which is guaranteed during the functioning of the state mechanism and contributes to the development of a democratic society.

Научно-производственный комплекс наукограда Российской Федерации как отличительный признак территории с высоким научно-техническим потенциалом

Science city is a territory with a high concentration of scientific and technical potential, its characteristic feature is a city– forming scientific and industrial complex, in institutional cooperation with organizations of which local self-governments of science city solve issues of local importance in order to develop innovative infrastructure, create a comfortable urban environment, ensure accessibility of social infrastructure to increase the output of high-tech products, develop human resources the resource of the science city and the involvement of highly qualified specialists by organizations. The article highlights the key features of the scientific and industrial complex as a criterion for assigning the status of “science city of the Russian Federation” to a municipality in accordance with the procedure established by the federal law “On the Status of Science Cities of the Russian Federation”. Based on the analysis of the legislation, it is pointed out the shortcomings of legal regulation and the need to improve it to ensure the development of science cities, including to determine the specifics of the organization and implementation of local self-government in science cities.

Межмуниципальное сотрудничество в аспекте преобразований территориальной основы местного самоуправления

The article notes that the territorial organization of local self-government in Russia determines the need for horizontal interaction or inter-municipal cooperation. At the same time, it is proved that the implementation of various forms and types of inter-municipal cooperation cannot be assessed as sustainably effective, some gaps in the legal regulation of the status of associative inter-municipal associations are noted. The author substantiates the urban or urbanized nature of the absolute majority of unions and associations of municipalities. The individual advantages and disadvantages of agglomerations are evaluated. The assumption is made that the fundamental basis of inter-municipal cooperation is the legal personality of its participants and the corresponding conclusions are formulated about the importance of inter-municipal cooperation for the transformation of the territorial basis of local self-government.

Правовое регулирование местного самоуправления в России и Аргентине

The article examines the legal basis for the organization of local self-government in two federal states — Russia and Argentina. It has been established that these countries have different approaches to the issue of distribution of powers between the federal center and regions in terms of regulating the activities of municipal authorities. This is largely due to the historical features of the development of federalism in Russia and Argentina. A distinctive feature of the Argentine approach is also that some municipalities may independently determine their own municipal regime within constitutionally established limits.

Community Governance in Age-Friendly Community Regeneration—A Case Study on Installing Elevators in Old Residential Buildings

The rise in aging world populations poses enormous concerns, among which is the critical topic of how to promote active aging by improving the health and well-being of the elderly. Accordingly, installing elevators in old residential buildings has become a main issue in age-friendly community regeneration to make it easier for the elderly to go outside. There is limited evidence on stakeholder involvement in age-friendly community regeneration. Some studies have overlooked the fact that fostering age-friendly communities in developing countries requires innovative governance for inclusive physical and social features despite the low awareness of citizen engagement. With reference to community governance as a structure and process, a theoretical framework is proposed to understand the practice of elevator installation in age-friendly community regeneration in Guangzhou, China. This study adopted the questionnaire survey method and collected 455 valid samples (150 valid samples with installed elevators; 305 valid samples did not install elevators). The findings led to the following conclusions: (1) shared common interests lead to effective community governance and smooth elevator installation; (2) some communities failed to install elevators due to opposition from people whose interests were hindered; and (3) it is important to set up self-governing organizations and find key people in community governance for interest-based negotiation. This paper’s contribution is that it makes up for the deficiency in the previous research that has neglected the elderly’s participation in public affairs via age-friendly community regeneration. Finally, this study suggests further research on the dynamic processes of different types of age-friendly community regeneration affairs.

MUNICIPAL PUBLIC POLICY IN THE CONTEXT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM

The article presents an analysis of the main novelties of the reorganization of local self-government related to the proposed draft law No. 40361-8 "On the general principles of the organization of local self-government in a unified system of public power" through the prism of the phenomenon of public policy. The latter is a framework concept related to the civil competencies of state/municipal management, the quality and level of public activity of civil society, which allows influencing the adoption of socially significant decisions. Municipal public policy is more based on the use of tools of intersectoral social partnership, which contributes to building a public dialogue of all active parties of the local community and the formation of an "agenda". The reform proposed by the bill "centralizes" local self-government, significantly changing the principles of its territorial and organizational structure, enlarging municipalities by abolishing the settlement level. The multilayered concept of municipal public policy allows us to judge the optimal ratio of political and administrative properties of state and municipal authorities, combining administrative regulation and the use of forms of public participation of the population. From the point of view of the interests of the development of civil self-organization and "grassroots" public initiatives, the desire to make local self-government bodies the lower level of state power through the concept of "unity of public power" is undoubtedly alarming, which can lead to its administratization, affect the quality of the implementation of the principles of municipal public policy, reduce the opportunities for the subjective formation of an increasingly complex society.

СУБРЕГИОНЫ В ПРОСТРАНСТВЕННОЙ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ РЕГИОНОВ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

In recent years, a number of factors have emerged significantly focused attention on the problems and prospects for the development of Russian local self-government. This is the order of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin regarding the preparation of the new foundations for state policy in the field of local self-government; the introduction of a draft law on the general principles of local self-government organization in the country and, finally, the active dissemination of new forms of territorial structuring in the regions, such as agglomerations, economic zoning, various subregional entities, etc. All these tendencies relate to possible modifications in the activities of local self-government institutions. Using the example of a number of regions of Russia, the article examines the attempts of the subjects of the Federation to make certain changes in the interregional territorial structure and management of economic and social processes in order to ensure full and effective use of the municipal level potencial and the advantages of intermunicipal cooperation. Such innovations, in particular, are implemented as the formation of special subregions, which represent a territorial and economic phenomenon that is formed outside agglomerations and that establishes a system of sustainable intermunicipal economic interactions.

УДОСКОНАЛЕННЯ ДЕРЖАВНОГО УПРАВЛІННЯ СОЦІАЛЬНО-ЕКОНОМІЧНИМ РОЗВИТКОМ АГРОПРОДОВОЛЬЧОЇ СФЕРИ В УМОВАХ АКТИВІЗАЦІЇ ЗЕД ТА ПОСИЛЕННЯ СОЦІАЛЬНОЇ ВІДПОВІДАЛЬНОСТІ БІЗНЕСУ

The improvement of state regulation by the development of the agri-food sector in the conditions of the activation of economic activity and the strengthening of social responsibility of business should be carried out in the context of the ties "state authorities - professional associations of agrarian business entities" at the state and regional levels. The construction of an effective system of coordination of the interests of agrarian subjects is defined as the first priority of the state agrarian policy. After all, the role of the state is to create such a mechanism that allows to ensure the maximum level of self-organization of the agro-food sector within the national economy as a set of interconnected components. The construction of a balanced system of regulation of the development of the agro-food sector allows to ensure its activation through the conclusion of institutional agreements within the proposed structure, which defines the criteria for state intervention, the mutual responsibility of organizations managing socio-economic development and the limits of interdependence of the state's actions with social mechanisms and entities. The conclusion of the proposed institutional agreement should be preceded by a number of measures aimed at the formation of self-sufficient organizations - participants of the proposed structure: activation of the development of selforganization of economic entities; formation of the organizational structure of management of agrarian development, which also includes associations of agrarians; improvement of legislative acts in the direction of liberalization of the activities of self-governing organizations, associations of agrarian subjects in particular. The formation of a clear system of mutual relations is an important step on the way to improving the mechanism of socio-economic development of the agro-food sector, which will maximally take into account the interests of all subjects of agrarian relations. Such an institutional compromise will contribute to: increasing the social and economic responsibility of the state and agrarian business entities; the formation of institutional ties in the system of state regulation of the development of the agro-food sector; avoiding institutional traps caused by the opportunistic behavior of subjects of agrarian management; consolidation of efforts in the direction of achieving priorities for the development of the agro-food sector. Improvement at the "state-region" level of management vertical connections is expedient to ensure the granting of greater autonomy to the regional management of agro-industrial development, in particular in terms of the distribution of agrarian resources and the application of management approaches to the formation of an environment for the development of the agro-food sector. In this regard, it is worth turning to foreign experience of regional development and creating agencies for regional development of the agro-food sector under the executive authorities. To ensure a high level of transparency, it is advisable to entrust these powers to public organizations created at the initiative of state and local authorities.

Legal Foundations of the Local Community in the Russian Federation: Concept, Structure, Forms of Interaction with Local Self-Government Bodies

Introduction. In the light of the constitutional innovations of 2020 regarding the legal regulation of civil society as a whole, and in particular of its individual public law institutions, as well as the legal position of the Constitutional Court, formulated in a number of its resolutions and definitions, regarding the recognition of the local community as a source and subject of local self-government, the problem of legalization seems urgent the legal definition of “local community” in the current legislation. Theoretical Basis. Methods. The methodology of the study is largely determined by its goals, the main of which is to formulate a set of scientifically based conclusions about the concept based on a systematic legal analysis of various points of view of researchers, the legal positions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation regarding the place and role of the local community in the system of local self-government as its source and subject of implementation, the structure of the local community and the forms of its interaction with local self-government bodies and on their basis to develop practical recommendations for improving legislation in this area. The work uses general scientific methods (system analysis, dialectical, formal-logical) and special research methods (system-legal, comparative-legal, historical-legal, formal-legal). The application of these methods of scientific research makes it possible to determine the structure of the local community as an institution of civil society and a subject of local self-government, to identify intra-system connections, forms of interaction of the local community with local self-government bodies, patterns and trends corresponding to this process. Results. The theoretical, methodological, scientific and practical issues of defining the concept and structure of the local community, as well as the requirements imposed in the legislation to its elements in the face of organized associations of the population of the municipality are disclosed. A methodology has been developed for determining the grounds for classifying the forms of interaction of the local community with local self-government bodies depending on the forms of direct implementation of local self-government by the population, forms of participation of the population in the implementation of local self-government and forms of public control defined in the legislation. The criteria for determining the unity of the forms of interaction between the local community and local self-government bodies, enshrined in the Federal Law “On the General Principles of the Organization of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation” and the Federal Law “On the Basics of Public Control in the Russian Federation” in solving issues of local importance, are analyzed. Discussion and Conclusion. The formation of a local community as a public legal institution of civil society, a subject and source of local self-government is a necessary condition on the path of its development as the basis of the constitutional system of the Russian Federation and one of the forms of democracy, which determines the advisability of introducing the legal term “local community” in current federal legislation.

Local self-government in the Russian Federation: the trajectory of conceptual development

The article is devoted to the changes in the conceptual understanding of the institution of local self-government that has been taking place in the last three decades. The submission to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the Draft Federal Law «On the general principles of the organization of local self-government in the unified system of public authority», which took place at the end of 2021, allows analyzing the trajectory of the development of the institute of local self-government in post-Soviet Russia from the point of view of a more global time and conceptual perspective. The purpose of this work is to identify the trajectory of the development of the conception of local self-government in RF. Research attention is focused on identifying the conception of local self-government formulated in official documents, a gradual change in the conceptual interpretation of this institution. It is shown that the main shiftin the conceptual understanding of local self-government occurs along the axis of institutional independence / institutional dependence of local self-government on state authorities. The development of the conceptual understanding of local self-government in post-Soviet Russia proceeds along the trajectory from a public concept (local self-government as an independent activity) to a state one (local self-government as a form of exercising power) and to a hyperstate one (local self-government as a link in a unified system of exercising authority).

Concept «municipal law – a complex branch of law»: a critical analysis of modern approaches

Purpose. The purpose of the article is a critical analysis of the point of view common in modern legal science regarding the understanding of municipal law as a complex branch of law. Methodology. The methodology includes a comprehensive analysis and a synthesis of available scientific and theoretical information. It is includes the formulation of relevant conclusions and recommendations. Such methods of scientific knowledge were used: systemic and structural-functional methods – used to identify features of municipal law as an independent branch of law; the sociological method was used in the analysis of internal and external factors and social processes that determined the evolution of municipal law, as well as in the analysis of the current state of its development in Ukraine; formal-logical method – to determine the main concepts, legal bases of conflict resolution in understanding the legal nature of municipal law; the semantic method was applied to clarify the meaning of such phrases as «municipal law», «branch of law», «municipal power», «municipal human rights», etc., their meaning in the context of the formation of the theory of modern municipal law. Results: In the process of research, it was recognized that municipal law is an independent branch of law, and the concept of understanding it as a complex branch of law is theoretically erroneous and practically harmful. Originality. In the process of research, it was established that municipal law as an independent branch of law has its own specific subject of regulation, its own characteristics, and does not consist of the norms of various homogeneous branches of law as some secondary regulatory entity. This is confirmed by the specificity of the tasks of legal regulation of relations related to the organization and functioning of municipal authorities, as well as the implementation and protection of municipal human rights. Practical significance. The results of the research can be used in law-making work – as theoretical material for improving the municipal legal regulation of the organization and activities of local self-government as a type of public power in Ukraine; in the research field – for further development of the theory of municipal law; in the educational process – during the preparation of relevant sections of textbooks and educational aids on the municipal law of Ukraine and foreign countries, teaching of relevant educational disciplines and special courses.

SELECTED ASPECTS OF TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT

Changes are constantly being made to legislation regarding the establishment of types of municipalities. Features and problems of the territorial organization of local government in the Altai Territory significantly affect the effectiveness of local government as a whole. The region's settlement system is characterized by processes of compression and rarefaction of space, consolidation and disaggregation of municipalities. The article examines the features and trends of population settlement in the Altai Territory as the basis for the organization of local self-government. The administrative-territorial structure of the region is historically determined by the settlement system. The study analyzed the specifics of the population settlement system and the administrative-territorial structure in the agro-industrial region — Altai. The authors confirm the conclusion that space is being compressed, the number of rural settlements without population is increasing, space is being sparse, and its polarization is increasing. According to the authors, the main factors of population depopulation are primarily economic: unemployment and low wages.

IMPLEMENTATION OF IDEAS A.S. MACARENKA IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT OF GENERAL EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Pedagogical activity of A. S. Makarenko absorbed the best achievements of classical and new pedagogy. His legacy is the achievement of all progressive humanity, which strives for humane education. He solved complex pedagogical problems that concern us even now. That is why we confidently say "A.S. Makarenko is our contemporary", "With A.S. Makarenko - in the 21st century." His developments in pedagogy have not lost their significance even today.
 The first strategic line of his worldview is faith in pedagogy, its anticipatory function in the development of a child, teenager, and young man. He constantly emphasized that real pedagogy is fed by life itself. Speaking about the results of his work, he says: "... not I create it and not a handful of teachers, the whole atmosphere of life creates this "miracle". Educates every square of the earth. The unity of education and life is a red thread running through all the work of the teacher. The great importance of the works of A.S. Makarenko in the development of educational goals. For each era and for each generation, A. S. Makarenko believed, the goal of education should be determined dialectically, that is, it should be found in the demands of society at the present time. A. S. Makarenko defined the goals of education with extreme precision, fulfilled the task of forming a man-fighter, patriot, worker, collectivist with a high sense of social responsibility and discipline.
 The theory of the pedagogical team, developed and put into practice by A.S. Makarenko, still helps to update educational work in educational institutions today. The model of the student body, created by A.S. Makarenko, is unsurpassed. This is a team that arises on the basis of joint activities and common goals, a clear democracy of children's lives. "The team of teachers and the team of children," wrote Makarenko, "are not two teams, but one team, and above all, the pedagogical team." High dynamism of collective life, close ties between its members, open, democratic discussion of all issues at general meetings and other bodies student self-government gradually become a guarantee of healthy public opinion; periodic replacement of the asset, equal requirements for everyone and a mandatory report on the work before the team become a barrier for swagger, inquisitiveness, and bureaucracy.
 It is clear that the specific forms of self-government organization that existed in the colony named after M. Gorky, in the commune named after F.E. Dzerzhinsky, not all and not always can be transferred to the practice of the modern school. But the spirit of discussion, collective decision-making and conscious discipline, the atmosphere that formed the feeling of a master in his team and country — all this should be carefully studied by our school, children's organizations in new conditions. According to Makarenko, "discipline is first of all not a means of education, but a result, and only then it becomes a means." Discipline is formed by respect for the team, enthusiasm for learning, and work. А.Makarenka's contribution to the development of the technique of vihovanni mi bachimo and in the fact that he did not just show that the work of the vihovatel is to blame, ale and rozkriv, as a consequence of work: healthy, calm, normal, sensible and cheerful life." /T. VII, p.157/.
 /. A. Makarenka's contribution to today's pedagogical science cannot be overestimated, this system has gone through the fire of a life experiment. Let those ideas of Anton Semyonovich spin and blossom in the whole world. Makarenko gave a lot of respect to the nutrition of the physical and aesthetic development of children and young people. On the first mission, the task is to let a healthy generation out. “We don’t need dead virobniki and alarm clocks, neurasthenics are less likely to call our right,” wrote Anton Semenovich / vol. I, p.190/.

Некоторые размышления по поводу 20-летия Федерального закона «Об общих принципах организации местного самоуправления в Российской Федерации»

Introduction. Legal regulation in the field of local self-government has been carried out by the key Federal Law “On the General Principles of the Organization of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation" for twenty years. It is periodically criticized due to numerous adjustments, and, after the 2020 amendments to the Russian Constitution, its “resignation” was already predicted. However, the bill prepared to replace it did not stand up to criticism and died out in the State Duma. Against this background, there is a reason to comprehend and evaluate the current law from the standpoint of the relevance of extending its “legal life”. Theoretical analysis. It has been revealed that, from its inception, local self-government has undergone numerous changes dictated by the needs of the state. They are based on the balance of interests of central and local authorities. Historical and legal research has shown the trend during the period of zemstvo reforms in monarchical Russia. After a long Soviet period of oblivion, at the end of the last century there was a revival of local government on the democratic basis. The Basic Law of the State of 1993 reflected the independence of local self-government, as well as not entirely justified rule on the separation of its bodies from state ones, which influenced further legislative regulation that was subject to frequent changes. Results. The clearly manifested desire of the legislator to bring local self-government closer to the general system of government for the coordinated interaction of all levels of government became a logical step towards the constitutional consolidation of the institution of public power. The authors’ conclusion was that under these conditions, the resource of the current Federal Law “On the General Principles of the Organization of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation” is not exhausted.

Some Aspects of the Regulatory Environment of Local Self-Government in Federal Cities

The issues of legal regulation of the organization and functioning of all government bodi es have always been the subject of numerous studies, discussions and even disputes. The rapid new reorganization of the legal foundations of the unified system of public power that started in 2020, having passed the federal and regional level of state power, "stumbled" at the level of local self-government. The draft federal law No. 40361-8 "On General Principles of Organization of Local Self-Government in the Unified System of Public Power", which was submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Fe deration on 16 December 2021, has so far remained at the level of "proposals and comments for the second reading". This allows us to focus on the analysis of problematic issues of the current situation with the legislative basis of local self-government in Russia in order to avoid and take into account in the future existing errors and shortcomings, as well as to improve the current system of legal regulation of local self-government as soon as possible. The Authors of this study attempt to analyze and draw the attention of other researchers, representatives of federal and regional legislative authorities to the existing obvious problems in the legislative regulation of local self-government in federal cities. Specific examples of the texts of the laws of Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sevastopol, allow us to draw disappointing conclusions about the significant abuse by the legislators of these constituent entities of the Russian Federation of their rights to regulate certain issues of organization and functioning of local self-government in the territory of federal cities. Evidently, the existing conflicts should be eliminated as soon as possible and taken into account by the federal legislator in the formation of future legislative framework for determining the specifics of local self-government in federal cities. The current situation seriously affects the principle of direct and immediate effect of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, as well as the priority of federal legislation over regional legislation on issues of joint jurisdiction of the Russian Federation and its constituent entities.

Problems and Prospects for Improving the Territorial Organization of Local Self-Government (On the Example of Municipalities of the Republic of Tyva)

The specificity of the socio-economic and ethno-cultural processes developing on the territory of the Republic of Tyva reflects the objective need for expert and scientific analysis of the problems of managing the territories of municipalities in the region in the general context of the transformation of the system of territorial organization of local self-government in Russia. The purpose of this study is to develop practical recommendations for improving the territorial organization of local self-government in the Republic of Tyva. In the article, based on the application of general scientific methods (logical method, comparative analysis and a systematic approach), the features of the territorial structure of local self-government in the Republic of Tuva are investigated, and the main problems of spatial and territorial development of municipalities are identified. A general conclusion is made that the republican government bodies, in cooperation with municipalities, need to jointly develop a draft “road map” for the transition to a single-level system of local self-government, taking into account the opinion of the population and repre-sentatives of the expert community. The author proposes a project of territorial reforms of local self-government in the region and gives a preliminary assessment of possible management decisions to transform the boundaries of the municipalities of the Tyva Republic (projected changes in population, area of municipalities, administrative and managerial effects, etc.).