RUSSIAN FEDERATION FEDERAL LAW On ratification of the European Charter Local Government adopted by the State Duma on 20 March 1998 The Federation on 1 April 1998 , to ratify the European Charter of Local Government of 15 October 1985, signed on behalf of the Russian Federation in the city of Strasbourg on 28 February 1996. President of the Russian Federation B. Yeltsin Moscow, Kremlin 11 April 1998 N 55-FZ