The article analyzes the new stage
of reformation of local government in
the Russian Federation. Admitted by
the federal legislator in May 2014 and
in February 2015, the amendments to
the Federal Law of October 6, 2003
No. 131-FZ ‘On general principles of
local self-government in the Russian Federation’
[1] caused significant changes in
the organization of local governments
of major cities. The article
addresses to such aspects of the reform of
local government in Chelyabinsk city
district as the introduction of a two-level
system of local government
organization, the formation of local governments,
strengthening of local issues and
the division of powers between the local
authorities of Chelyabinsk City
District and local authorities of inner city areas
in their composition, as well as the
limits of legal regulation of subjects of the
Russian Federation.
