Abstract: The subject of the study is the organizational model of local self-government introduced by Federal Law No. 8-FZ of February 3, 2015, which provides for the election of the head of the municipality by the representative body of the municipality from among the candidates submitted by the competition commission based on the results of the competition. The purpose of the work is to give a comprehensive assessment of the organizational model of the "competitive" head of the municipality and determine further prospects for its use, for which the tasks are set to consider the main features of the organizational model of the "competitive" head of local self–government and identify their strengths and weaknesses. In his work, the author relied on general scientific and private scientific research methods, namely: analysis, synthesis, historical method, modeling method, special legal method, etc.   The results of the study of the organizational model of the "competitive" head of the municipality revealed a number of significant shortcomings, on the basis of which the inexpediency of the widespread use of the model in question and the need for a selective approach depending on the type of a particular municipality is shown. The scientific novelty of the conducted research is due to objective factors of reality and consists in substantiating practical problems by the lack of theoretical development of the specified organizational model of local self-government. As a result, legislative solutions aimed at improving legal regulation in the field of organizational foundations of local self-government through the wider use of the institute of rotation are proposed.

Abstract: The subject of the research is a two-tier model of local government. The author analyzes the recent changes of the Federal Law “On the common principles of local government organization in the Russian Federation” which introduces new types of municipal entities – a city district with an intracity division, and an intracity area, thus creating the preconditions for the general application of a two-tier model of local government. Within this system the possibility to introduce the elements of public management is considered. The author touches upon the issues of interaction between local governments and public authorities within this two-tier model and offers their legislative settlement. The author uses, mainly, the method of scientific modeling which allows creating the most appropriate local government model. The author suggests the local government model with the elements of public management and formulates the principles of interaction between local governments and public authorities within the two-tier model which are aimed at the provision of local governments’ independence and their active cooperation.