No, they will not. This is one of the important features of local self-government. Bodies of every level have their own powers (tasks to fulfill). They do not overlap. Those who are responsible for...

Federalisation means the transfer of significant powers to the level of regions (oblast), and local self-government reform relies on communities (people). It is risky to transfer resources and p...

In the old system of power many issues in the region depended on the head of the oblast state administration – the "governor". He was the absolute authority in the region. Just as practically all t...

The core of the transformations offered by the decentralisation reform is as follows: executive bodies and local self-government bodies will finally begin to deal with their appropriate affairs, an...

It is possible through decentralisation of power. The local self-government reform implies: the right to decide – that is, the transfer of authorities, and capacity – that is, the transfer of funds...

It was, though very restricted one. Local authorities need to have money in order to do something useful for their town. Though local authorities hardly ever had personal funds. The taxes paid by t...

Local self-government means that residents in towns, villages and rural settlements are the hosts in their own home. People elect local councils and their heads authorising them to solve the most i...

Decentralisation is the transfer of significant powers and budgets from state bodies to local self-government bodies so that the authorities closer to people have as much powers as possible, where ...