A federal program as one way to increase budget support of municipalities (by a case study of the 2013 Universiade in Kazan)

The article is devoted to the implementation of federal financial programs by local authorities. Current statutory regulations including various aspects of local government’s fiscal powers are subject to review. The research objectives are to identify the issues emerging in the course of federal financial programs realization by local authorities, develop proposals for legislation improvement in this field. The author analyzes and recommends using a special purpose program during the formation and implementation of budgets. The article identifies the following problems in federal programs realization: the imperfection and inconsistency of legislation, the absence of detailed legislative consolidation of local government powers, the legal gap between general and particular regulation, the redundant state financial control over such programs, and the risk of corruption. The result of this research is the way forward for solving legislative problems of local government’s financial activities described by the author. It is concluded that it is necessary to adopt the uniform law on federal programs; actively apply a special purpose program when budgeting; implement federal financial programs at the local level for the improvement of the economic and social sphere of society.