From the New Principles of Public Policy to the New Legislation on Local Self-Government
During the meeting of the Council for the development of local self-government on January 30, 2020 the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin made a proposal to elaborate a new version of the document, which embodied the fundamental principles of the state policy on developing local Russian self-governments. Such an initiative should be considered, first of all, in the context of further improving the economic and legal foundations of the Russian federal statehood, strengthening power and management vertical, developing civil society institutions and various forms of their interaction with public authorities. Another important premise for significant adjustments in the state policy in the sphere of local self-government is the need for more active and effective inclusion of the municipal management level in the emerging system of strategic planning and strengthening its contribution to achieving both economic and social priorities of the Russian Federation. It becomes more actual when the task positions the role of municipal management in ensuring the conditions of national - including economic - security of the Russian Federation more clearly. In this regard, it is reasonable to assume that the new Principles of public policy in the sphere of local self-government should be corresponded with a significant updating of the legislative framework, which regulates the basis of local self-government as the most important institution of modern society and the state. The task, set by the author in this article, is to determine the fundamental changes in the legislation on the local self-government, which correspond to the new goals and tools of this vector of the state policy. It supposes legal innovations, which aim to facilitate the greater role of local self-government as one of the foundations of sustainable socio-economic development of the country. Its purpose is also to strengthen democracy based on the interaction of institutions of state power and civil society. The task of the research also touches on the issues of institutional diversity within the system of local self-government. It adapts to the specifics of various types of Russia's regions and individual territories. The research methods are based on the analysis of the existing legal framework on the issues of local self-government, strategic planning and civil society development. The research methods also include an analysis of the situation in the sphere of economic (financial and budgetary) provision of various types of municipal units. The author proposes appropriate changes and additions to the legislation on the general principles of local self-government, strategic planning and security.