On certain aspects of international and foreign economic relations of local self-government bodies

The subject. This article has been prepared in order to analyze federal and regional legislation in the field of regulation of international and foreign economic relations of local governments, as well as to prepare proposals for its improvement. This article examines the main issues related to the definition of the concept of "international and foreign economic relations of local self-government bodies" and indicates its signs; analyzes the powers of bodies of three levels of public authority in the field of international and foreign economic relations of local self-government bodies and problematic issues related to their implementation; analyzes the normative legal acts necessary for adoption at the level of the subjects of the Russian Federation and municipalities in this area.Main results. International and foreign economic relations of local self-government bodies should be understood as the relations carried out by local self-government bodies in order to resolve issues of local importance and, in coordination with the state authorities of the subject of the Russian Federation, with representatives of state-territorial, administrativeterritorial and municipal formations of foreign states, with local self-government bodies of foreign states, including for the purpose of participation in activities international organizations in the field of inter-municipal cooperation.Conclusions. There are no provisions in federal legislation on the need for the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation to organize interaction with other federal executive authorities in order to effectively exercise powers in the field of international and foreign economic relations of local governments. In this regard, this gap needs additional legal regulation. There is a need to include new provisions in federal legislation defining the features of the legal status of "twin cities", as well as supplementing federal and regional organizations of inter-municipal cooperation among the subjects of international and foreign economic relations.