Law on government control of regional authorities 2016-07-04 21:10:00 Vladimir Putin signed the Federal Law On Amendments to Chapter 5 of the Federal Law On the General Principles of the Legislative (Representative) and Executive Bodies of State Power of the Constituent Entities of the Russian Federation and to Article 77 of Federal Law On the General Principles of Local Government in the Russian Federation. The law sets out the procedure for and the general principles of government control over the operation of the bodies of state power of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and their employees. The law stipulates a procedure for planned inspections and also random inspections, which can be held on orders from the President and the Government or at the request of the Prosecutor General or the chief prosecutors of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.