Legal regulation of Russian inter-municipal cooperation at different territorial levels of its implementation
This article is devoted to the legal regulation of Russian inter-municipal cooperation at different territorial levels of its implementation. The author notes that today inter-municipal cooperation, in the course of its development, has acquired a complex, multi-level character. In this regard, it seems relevant and scientifically justified to consider the levels of domestic inter-municipal relations in the legal aspect. The study identified seven levels of inter-municipal cooperation. The author comes to the conclusion that at each level there are own forms of cooperation of municipalities. However, for their effective functioning, more detailed regulation of the Institute of inter-municipal cooperation established in Federal law No. 131-FZ of 6 October 2003 "on General principles of local selfgovernment organization in the Russian Federation"is needed.