Local Self-Government in the Legal Opinion of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation

The legal positions contained in the judicial decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation occupy an ambiguous place in the legal doctrine. On the one hand, the court is the creator of law, on the other hand, it cannot be such by its legal nature. The article attempts to systematically comprehend the decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation in the field of organization and implementation of local self-government adopted over the past 30 years.