TY JOUR TI Using forms of direct democracy to ensure public participation in the municipal budget process KW openness KW transparency KW budget process KW public participation KW public hearings KW local referendum KW citizens’ survey JO Legal Science and Practice: Journal of Nizhny Novgorod Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia AU Vasilyeva, N.V. AU Pyatkovskaya, Y.V. PY 2021 IS 2020 PB Nizhny Novgorod Academy of the Ministry of the Interior of Russia