Asymmetric organization of local self-government as a factor of participation in it of communities of indigenous minorities of Russia

About the author:

Natalya A. Filippova, Dr. Sci. (Jur.), Associate Professor, Head of the Department of State and Municipal Law, Surgut State University; filippova_na@surgu.ru; ORCID: 0000-0002-1643-8117

Abstract:

The article summarizes the experience of Russian regions in organizing the participation of communities of indigenous minorities of Russia in local self-government: the phenomenon of national administrative-territorial units and the experience of “ethnic self-government” in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia); features of the organization of local self-government in autonomous okrugs and special administrative-territorial units in the newly formed constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The proposal on the asymmetric organization of local self-government in connection with the asymmetric nature of Russian federalism and the complex ethnic composition of regional and local communities, as well as the forms of self-organization and forms of autonomy of indigenous minorities has been substantiated as forms of their participation in the implementation of local self-government. The levels of territorial localization of the autonomy of indigenous peoples are highlighted, the conclusion is substantiated about the participation of their communities in local autonomy as an optimal solution to ensure a balance of trends in the integration and isolation of these peoples in modern territorial communities. The need for federal legislative regulation of the peculiarities of the organization of local self-government in the municipalities included in the list of places of traditional residence and traditional economic activity of the few indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation, counts given the compactness criteria of the residence, has been proven, the main content of these characteristics has been determined.

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