Annotation

The article analyzes the constitutional foundations and legal problems of organizing municipal service in the system of public power of the Russian Federation. The main focus is on the contradiction between constitutional principles: on the one hand, the principle of federalism and independence of local self-government, which implies the distribution of powers between the center and the regions, and on the other, the principle of the unity of the legal status of a citizen, the principle of social territorial equality, as well as the principle of equal access to municipal service, requiring centralized regulation of key aspects of the service. In particular, the author justifies the need to consolidate at the federal level qualification requirements (education, length of service) for positions of the municipal service, a unified system of class ranks, unified rules for calculating the length of service of the municipal service, unified procedures for competitive selection and certification, etc.