REGIONAL PROBLEMS OF CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
At present, the level of development of the cultural sphere of different municipalities differs significantly even within the framework of one subject of the Russian Federation. These differences are due not only to the different levels of budgetary provision of the territories, but also to the efficiency of interaction between the state authorities of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation and local governments, as well as the level of inter-municipal cooperation. However, as practice shows, in many constituent entities of the Russian Federation, such interaction is very poorly developed. One of the reasons for this situation is the insufficient level of regulation. In this situation, the adoption of the law of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation on culture will improve the regulation of the activities of cultural governing bodies at the regional and at the municipal level. A regional law should contain not only sections defining mechanisms for the formation and implementation of a policy in the field of culture, financial and economic foundations of regulation, but also sections regulating the organization of interaction between regional and municipal executive authorities in the field of culture, as well as interaction of executive authorities in the field of culture with commercial and non-profit organizations. The proposed regulation at the regional level of all mechanisms for the formation and implementation of policy in the field of culture will ultimately improve the quality of state and municipal services in this area.