RESPONSIBILITY OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PRACTICE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND PROBLEMS OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION
The article is devoted to the study and systematization of the practice of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation on legal liability in the system of local self-government. The author substantiates the conclusion that the issues of local importance established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the Federal Law as objects of exclusive jurisdiction of municipalities by their legal nature mean not so much the area of freedom of action of municipal officials as their sphere of responsibility to the local community.Being “independent” from the state, municipal authorities are completely “dependent” on the will and interests of voters. In this regard, an important task of federal legislation and the legislators of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation is to ensure effective mechanisms for interaction between municipal authorities and the population, guaranteeing democratic forms of municipal responsibility to voters.