Sergey G. Solovev, Elena V. Titova, Olga N. Pastukhova, Elena V. Sumina
The article is devoted to the analysis of problematic legal issues related to the prospects for improving the mechanism of responsibility of deputies of a local representative body to the population. The paper uses dialectical, logical, historical, formal and legal methods of scientific knowledge using reference, value, system and functional approaches. The paper analyzes the key problematic legal issues of the theory and practice of functioning of the mechanism of responsibility of deputies of a local representative body to the population in the context of the formation of the information society in Russia.