Legal support for the digital transformation of local self-government in Russian Federation: problems and prospects

Introduction: the article analyzes legal support accompanying the transformation of local self-government, identifies the legal, social, and technological problems of the changes. Currently, digital transformation in state and municipal administration not only makes it possible to adapt the process of interaction between citizens and authorities but also leads to changes in all areas of activity of local administration, to improvement of municipal services as well as to transformation of the rules and work culture of municipal employees. Consideration of the problem of legal support for digital transformation of municipalities is directly related to finding solutions for the development of municipal governance in Russia in general. That is why this problem is of particular relevance today.