ies who, in theory, represent the interests of residents of the city's districts. Separate powers belong to the Chairman of the Duma, his deputies, and the Duma's bodies — committees, both standing and extraordinary, and deputy associations organized along the lines of party affiliation.

Nature of the Phenomenon

The Duma is the principal body of local self-government of Nizhny Novgorod and consists of popular representatives elected by direct vote from the city's districts. The Duma is vested with powers to resolve all matters of local (municipal) significance.

To this end, it elects from among the deputies a nominal head of the city — the Mayor — and through him enters into a contract with an experienced administrator who becomes the City Manager, the hired head of the city administration.

The Duma holds the status of a legal entity, with a bank account and an official seal.

Historical Background

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Useful Activities

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List of Interests of Deputies Elected on 13 September 2015

  • S = For Oleg Sorokin
  • Sh = For Valery Shantsev
  • Sh- = Against Shantsev (but not necessarily for Sorokin)
  • S- = Against Sorokin (but not necessarily for Shantsev)
  • (?) = completely unknown
  1. Tarasov Vladimir Eduardovich Sh-
  2. Lazorin Kirill Borisovich S
  3. Yashenkov Yuri Konstantinovich Sh
  4. Kotelnikov Aleksandr Olegovich Sh-
  5. Anoshkin Vladimir Petrovich Sh
  6. Pushkin Vasily Evgenyevich S
  7. Amelchenko Vladimir Valerievich Sh-
  8. Ibragimov Karim Radikovich S-
  9. Karnilin Ivan Nikolaevich Sh-
  10. Zhuk Maxim Vadimovich S-
  11. Dranishnikov Andrey Vladimirovich (?)
  12. Melnikova Nadezhda Ivanovna S-
  13. Sukharev Mikhail Vladimirovich S
  14. Barykin Dmitry Zotovich Sh
  15. Goykhman Aleksey Lipovich S
  16. Gelzhinis Valery Yuryevich (?)
  17. Sorokin Oleg Vladimirovich S
  18. Panov Vladimir Aleksandrovich S
  19. Yerofeyev Yuri Anatolyevich Sh
  20. Bulanov Roman Anatolyevich (?)
  21. Kargin Sergey Andreyevich Sh
  22. Kuzin Dmitry Viktorovich Sh
  23. Bobrov Aleksey Georgievich S
  24. Inglikov Nikolay Ivanovich (?)
  25. Agafonov Vadim Evgenyevich S
  26. Arzhanova Elena Valerievna Sh
  27. Sorokin Oleg Valentinovich S
  28. Balakina Olga Valerievna Sh
  29. Kruglova Anna Vyacheslavovna Sh
  30. Lazarev Evgeny Ivanovich (?)
  31. Bochkarev Aleksandr Anatolyevich Sh
  32. Feldman Mark Samuilovich S
  33. Kuznetsov Mikhail Sergeyevich S
  34. Efremov Andrey Andreyevich (?)
  35. Kondrashov Sergey Aleksandrovich Sh
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Powers of the City Duma

The City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod is vested with the following powers:

1. Adoption of legal acts establishing rules that are mandatory for compliance within the city, as well as legal acts concerning the organization of the Duma's activities.

2. Adoption of the City Charter and introduction of amendments and additions thereto.

3. Oversight of the exercise by local self-government bodies and local self-government officials of their powers to resolve matters of local significance.

4. Formation of electoral commissions on the territory of the city of Nizhny Novgorod.

5. Calling a local referendum; adoption of legal acts to implement the decisions of a local referendum.

6. Calling a vote on matters concerning changes to the city's boundaries and the transformation of the municipal formation.

7. Calling municipal elections and votes on the recall of a Duma deputy or the head of the city.

8. Calling public hearings; determining the procedure for their organization and conduct.

9. Calling assemblies and conferences of citizens (other than assemblies and conferences on matters of territorial public self-governance), determining the procedure for their calling and conduct, and reviewing appeals adopted by citizen assemblies and conferences.

10. Calling citizen surveys; determining the procedure for calling and conducting citizen surveys; formulating the questions to be put in such surveys.

11. Determining the procedure for the exercise of citizens' law-making initiative.

12. Determining the procedure for the organization and exercise of territorial public self-governance.

13. The right of legislative initiative in the Legislative Assembly of Nizhny Novgorod Region.

14. Submission to the state authorities of Nizhny Novgorod Region of proposals concerning the establishment and alteration of the city's boundaries.

15. Establishment, merger, transformation, or abolition of districts within the city; establishment and alteration of their boundaries.

16. Determining the procedure for the city's participation in inter-municipal cooperation organizations; adoption of decisions on the establishment of inter-municipal commercial entities.

17. Adoption of decisions on the naming and renaming of city districts, populated localities, squares, streets, lanes, passages, gardens, boulevards, and parks located on the city's territory; assignment to them of the names of state and public figures.

18. Approval of the city budget and the report on its execution; approval of the regulations on the budget structure and budget process in the city; oversight of budget execution.

19. Establishment of targeted budget funds.

20. Determining the procedure for raising borrowed funds, including through the issuance of municipal securities.

21. Establishment, amendment, and abolition of local taxes and exemptions thereto in accordance with the tax legislation of the Russian Federation.

22. Adoption of plans and programs for the city's development; approval of reports on their execution; approval of assignments for the development of city development plans and programs.

23. Determining the procedure for managing and disposing of property in municipal ownership; determining the procedure for accepting property into municipal ownership.

24. Determining the procedure and conditions for the privatization of municipal property; adoption of the forecast privatization plan for municipal property.

25. Determining the procedure for exercising municipal land control.

26. Determining the procedure for adopting decisions on the creation, reorganization, and liquidation of municipal enterprises and institutions.

27. Adoption of decisions on the creation of non-profit organizations in the form of autonomous non-profit organizations and foundations.

28. Determining the procedure for adopting decisions on the establishment of tariffs for services provided by municipal enterprises and institutions.

29. Adoption of plans and programs for improving the standard of maintenance of the city's housing stock, its technical condition, and the provision of electricity, heat, gas, water supply, and sewerage; oversight of their execution.

30. Approval of the comprehensive development program for municipal infrastructure systems.

31. Approval of investment programs of municipal utility companies for the development of municipal infrastructure systems.

32. Establishment of surcharges on prices (tariffs) of municipal utility companies for consumers.

33. Determining the procedure for the material, technical, and organizational support of the activities of local self-government bodies.

34. Approval of the General Plan for the city's development.

35. Approval of land use and development rules for the city.

36. Approval of local programs for the use and protection of land.

37. Approval of city programs for improving the housing conditions of city residents.

38. Establishment of the standard for the provision of residential premises under a social tenancy agreement; establishment of the accounting standard for residential floor area.

39. Determining the procedure for the provision of residential premises from the municipal specialized housing stock.

40. Establishment of the income and property value thresholds for recognizing citizens as low-income and providing them with residential premises from the municipal housing stock under social tenancy agreements.

41. Establishment of rules for the formation, placement, execution, and oversight of the execution of municipal orders.

42. Establishment of mass media outlets and co-founding of mass media outlets, including inter-municipal ones.

43. Conducting interregional and international relations with legislative (representative) bodies of authority and local self-government bodies of the Russian Federation and foreign states.

44. Approval of the structure of the city administration.

45. Approval of the regulations on the territorial bodies of the city administration — the administrations of the city's districts.

46. Approval of candidates for the positions of First Deputy Head and Deputy Heads of the city administration.

47. Acceptance of annual reports from the head of the city.

48. Formation of the Duma's oversight body and adoption of the regulations governing it.

49. Acceptance of reports from the Duma's oversight body.

50. Determining the procedure for engaging citizens in the voluntary performance of socially significant work for the city (including duty shifts) for the purpose of resolving matters of local significance as provided for by the City Charter.

51. Other matters assigned to its powers by federal laws, laws of Nizhny Novgorod Region, the City Charter, and legal acts of the Duma.

Procedure for Recalling Deputies

Art. 16. Vote on the Recall of a Deputy of the City Duma of the City of Nizhny Novgorod

1. A vote on the recall of a deputy of the City Duma of the city of Nizhny Novgorod shall be held on the initiative of the population in the manner established by federal law and by the law of Nizhny Novgorod Region adopted in accordance therewith for the conduct of a local referendum, taking into account the specific features provided for by the Federal Law "On the General Principles of the Organization of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation."

2. The grounds for recalling a deputy of the City Duma of the city of Nizhny Novgorod may only be specific unlawful decisions or actions (or inaction) on his or her part, provided these have been confirmed by a court.

3. Any citizen or group of citizens possessing active electoral rights may form an initiative group to put forward an initiative to recall a deputy of the City Duma of the city of Nizhny Novgorod, comprising no fewer than 1,000 persons.

4. The initiative group shall submit a written application to put forward the recall initiative to the City Duma of the city of Nizhny Novgorod. The application must be signed in person by all members of the initiative group, with each member's surname, first name, patronymic, date of birth, residential address, and passport series and number (or equivalent document) indicated.

5. The application of the initiative group must contain: a proposal to recall a deputy of the City Duma of the city of Nizhny Novgorod; a statement of the grounds for initiating the recall; and information about the authorized representative of the initiative group. The application must be accompanied by a copy of the court judgment that has entered into legal force and served as the basis for the recall.

6. The application to put forward the recall initiative must be considered by the City Duma of the city of Nizhny Novgorod within a period not exceeding 30 days from the date of receipt of the application.

7. Upon receipt of the application, the City Duma of the city of Nizhny Novgorod shall immediately inform the person against whom the recall procedure is being initiated and provide that person with copies of the application and the documents referred to in paragraph 5 of this article.

8. The City Duma of the city of Nizhny Novgorod shall discuss the received application at its session, with the invitation of the authorized representative of the recall initiator and the person against whom the recall initiative has been put forward, and shall adopt a legal act either authorizing the collection of citizens' signatures in support of holding a recall vote and registering the recall initiator as the person authorized to organize the signature collection, or refusing such authorization.

9. A prerequisite for calling a vote on the recall of a deputy of the City Duma of the city of Nizhny Novgorod is the submission of signatures in support of the initiative in the number established by the law of Nizhny Novgorod Region for the conduct of a local referendum.

10. The collection of signatures in support of the demand to hold a recall vote may begin from the moment the recall initiator receives the legal act authorizing signature collection, and shall continue for no more than 30 days from the date of adoption of said legal act.

11. The collection of signatures shall be organized by the recall initiator. Expenses associated with the collection of signatures shall be borne by the recall initiator.

12. Signature sheets for collecting signatures in support of the demand to hold a recall vote shall be produced by the recall initiator in the form established by the legal act authorizing signature collection.

13. The collection of signatures shall be carried out in the manner established by the law of Nizhny Novgorod Region for the conduct of a local referendum.

14. Signatures may be collected only from citizens possessing active electoral rights in the electoral district from which the deputy of the City Duma of the city of Nizhny Novgorod was elected.

15. The City Duma of the city of Nizhny Novgorod shall call a vote on the recall of a deputy of the City Duma of the city of Nizhny Novgorod within 30 days of the submission of signatures in support of the recall.

16. A deputy of the City Duma of the city of Nizhny Novgorod shall have the right to offer explanations regarding the circumstances cited as grounds for recall, including through free airtime and free print space provided by municipal mass media outlets.

17. A deputy of the City Duma of the city of Nizhny Novgorod shall be considered recalled if no fewer than half of the voters registered in the electoral district have voted in favor of the recall.

18. The results of the vote on the recall of a deputy of the City Duma of the city of Nizhny Novgorod shall be subject to official publication (promulgation).

Regulatory Documents

Activities of the City Duma

Postal address

Email

Official website

Head of the City

Organizational Affairs Department

  • Head of Department Shchegoleva Marina Aleksandrovna. Office 305, tel. 439-07-29
  • Deputy Head of Department Pugaeva Irina Valentinovna. Office 307, tel./fax 439-05-60, e-mail gorduma@admgor.nnov.ru
  • Head of the Information Support Division Yermakov Aleksey Valentinovich. Office 337, tel. 30-57-66, e-mail: ermakov@admgor.nnov.ru
  • Head of the Citizens' Letters and Appeals Division Sharova Lidiya Fyodorovna. Office 306, tel./fax 19-27-99

General Affairs Department

  • Head of Department Ryzhov Evgeniy Sergeyevich. Office 303, tel. 419-69-92
  • Deputy Head of Department, Chief Accountant Yakimycheva Nina Andreyevna. Office 323, tel. 439-07-86
  • Head of Division Teplova Lyubov Yuryevna. Office 325, tel. 439-03-79

Public Relations and Media Department

  • Head of Department Polevaya Marina Albertovna. Office 324, tel. 439-18-83
  • Deputy Head of Department Trifonova Svetlana Vladimirovna. Office 324, tel. 439-18-83

Legal Department

  • Head of Department Maslova Irina Lvovna. Office 331, 11-88-29

Department for the Development of Territorial Public Self-Governance

  • Head of Department Komyakova Lyubov Vladimirovna. Office 301, 439-11-62

Audit Chamber

  • Chairman of the Audit Chamber Berezin Vladimir Leonidovich. Office 328, 411-92-77
  • Deputy Chairman Yudashev Igor Nikolayevich. Office 332a, tel. 411-93-17
  • Deputy Chairman Moshes Ilya Semyonovich. Office 332a, tel. 411-93-17
  • Consultant-Inspector Konovalov Andrey Valentinovich. Office 332a, tel. 411-93-17
  • Consultant-Inspector Novozhilova Natalya Vladimirovna. Office 332a, tel. 411-93-17

Interesting Facts

  • Citizens and representatives of mass media outlets have the right to attend City Duma sessions.
  • According to the Charter, the Duma may act as founder of Media outlets, including intermunicipal ones.

See also