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Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation


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Local self-government in the Russian Federation is a form of exercising people's power, ensuring within the limits established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal laws, and in cases provided for by federal laws - the laws of the subjects of the Russian Federation, independent and at their own responsibility decision-making by the population directly and/or through local self-government bodies on issues of local importance, taking into account the interests of the population and considering historical and other local traditions (ceased to be in force as of 2025-06-19)1.

  1. Federal Law of 06.10.2003 No. 131-FZ "On the General Principles of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation", as amended on 2003-10-06, Article 1, paragraph 2, ceased to be in force as of 2025-06-19 // Official Gazette of the Russian Federation. 2003. No. 40. Article 3822. ↩

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