Municipal district - a new type of municipality: problems and prospects of local government reform
The article discusses the amendments made to the Federal Law of 06.10.2003 N 131-ФЗ "On General Principles of Organization of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation" by the Federal Law No. 87-FZ of 05.01.2020 "On Amendments to the Federal Law" On General Principles of Organization local government in the Russian Federation ”. The paper analyzes the feasibility of reforming the territorial organization of local self-government at the present stage, in particular, the introduction of such a new type of municipal entity as the municipal district, considers the prerequisites for enlarging municipalities. As a result of the analysis of the arguments used by the initiators of the reform, an attempt was made to formulate the advantages of a new approach to the organization of local self-government, to identify the main problems of organizing the territories of municipalities that are emerging at the present stage, and also suggest ways to solve them.