PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTSOF INTER-MUNICIPAL COOPERATION IN RUSSIA
One of the tools solutions municipality of local issues is inter-municipal cooperation. The need foraddress local issues. Analysis of the domestic practiceof inter-municipal traffic showed that his goals haveremained unchanged since the beginning of the 90s:Transfer of the municipal government, to protectthe interests of local communities at the politicallevel. These objectives added the ability to optimizethe resources of local communities to address theeconomic problems of the municipalities. In thispaper, in addition to the identification of commonpain points for the Russian practice of inter-municipalcooperation attempts to identify the activities ofthe expert community and government agencies topromote inter-municipal cooperation, taking intoaccount the emerging Russian and foreign experienceavailable.