Forms and ways of the state control of local governments actions

The Constitution of the Russian Federation establishes that local government bodies can be allocated with separate state powers, realization of which is under state control. The structure of the mechanism of the state control and supervision of local government bodies’ actions includes administrative control, judicial control and public prosecutor's supervision. The article analyzes administrative control of local government bodies’ actions. The author notes the concrete order and forms of control by public authorities of implementation of the separate state powers given to the local governments are established by the federal laws and laws of the subjects taking into account those restrictions which are put in the European Charter of local government. On the basis of comparison of current laws of the subjects of the Russian Federation on the order of investment of local governments with separate state powers the main forms and ways of administrative control are revealed. Special attention is paid to the analysis of the laws of the Chelyabinsk region adopted in the sphere of local government, and to those special forms of control which are practiced in the region. The conclusion is drawn that administrative control in combination with judicial and public prosecutor's supervision is capable to provide effectiveness and system efficiency of local governments.