LEGAL REGULATION OF PRINCIPLES OF MUNICIPAL SERVICE IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND IN REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA The article considers aspects of legal regulation of basic principles of municipal service in the Russian Federation and in the Republic of South Africa, approaches to their regulation in the legislation of the considered countries, distinctions in establishment of basic principles of municipal service in Russia and in the Republic of South Africa. <...> K e y w o r d s: local government, principles of law, municipal service, principles of organization and functioning of municipal service. <...>