DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN MODERN RUSSIA: MAJOR TRENDS AND CHALLENGES HE HOPES COME TRUE
The article reveals the basic tendencies and development of the institution of local government in post-Soviet Russia, which is chronologically divided into three local government reforms implemented after the collapse of the USSR. The author provides estimates of the reforms in terms of expectations and actual results. In terms of legislative reform, the first point of the report was determined by the development and adoption of the Law of the Russian Federation dated July 6, 1991 «On Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation", which was fixed for the first time the institution of head of the local administration, acting alone, significantly expanded autonomy of local authorities, the statute provided for local government. However, there still remained the administrative hierarchy of different levels of government, there were other shortcomings. After the adoption of the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 1993 with the publication of the Local Government Act 1995 began the second reform of local government. With this act, the subjects of the Russian Federation granted broad powers to regulate local self-government, more precisely regulate the function of local authorities, but beautiful "European scenery" very different from the reality, especially in the financial support of local government, too much difference in its organizational bases in different regions of Russia. The result is a need for a new law, which was passed in 2003 and is still in effect. This is the third local government reform proceeds very contradictory. The paper substantiates the reasons for this are determined by the direction of the further development of local self-government in Russia.