Designing Local Self-Government Bodies: The Experience of the Russian Federation and the Countries of the Eurasian Economic Union

Aim. The study of the structure of local self-government bodies of the Russian Federation and its partners in the Eurasian Economic Union (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan) and the correlation of the influence on the organization of territorial power of central government bodies and the powers exercised by local authorities.

Methodology. The study used an integrated approach that allowed combining scientific methods to study the structure of local self-government bodies in the national systems of public power in the Eurasian region; historical and comparative analysis became the basis for identifying common and special features in the organization of public power in each partner state of the EAEU; structural method contributed to the identification of stable links within the organization of public power, ensuring the preservation of its basic properties and contributing to its effective organization. The criterion for the selection of countries was the membership of these states in the EAEU, in the context of Eurasian integration in the post-Soviet space.

Results. Proposals are formulated to solve the main problems that contribute to reaching a qualitatively new level of organization of local self–government in the EAEU member states.

Research implications. The author’s positions on the organization and development of structures of public authorities (state and municipal) and the continuation of the search for the optimal model of integrated interaction, taking into account the organizational and historical characteristics of each of the EAEU member states, that have common historical roots in the development of public authority. The practical significance of the study is in the study of the problems of the organization of local selfgovernment in countries that are on the path of economic integration and seek to activate the processes of cooperation at different levels of public authority.

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