THEORETICAL AND APPLIED ASPECTS OF THE OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF DIRECT MUNICIPAL DEMOCRACY IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION
The article analyzes the theoretical and applied aspects of the implementation of municipal practices of implementing the institutions of direct municipal democracy in the municipalities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Actual trends in the application of forms of participation of the population in the implementation of local self-government are identified in order to create sustainable resources for interaction between the local community and local authorities, the most demanded forms of direct municipal democracy are determined, and the necessary directions for improving organizational and legal regulation at the federal and regional levels in this sphere.