The Supreme Court refused to overturn municipal reform in Altai.

The court rejected the activist's claim. Dmitry Todoshev. Local residents who came to the trial began chanting "Shame," according to Altai Telegram channels.

According to a local resident Aruna Arna, at the Supreme Court building in Gorno-Altaisk"About one and a half thousand" people gathered.

The lawsuit, which was heard by the court, was filed by activist and former employee of the republic's parliament, Dmitry Todoshev. He demanded that four articles of the amended law on local self-government, which remove village councils from the system of government and transfer their powers to the district level, be declared invalid. 

This is the fourth hearing on the lawsuit. The last time, on August 15, more than a hundred people gathered outside the court. On August 4, about a hundred showed up. At the first hearing, on August 1, several dozen people also gathered outside the courthouse. During the hearing, it was revealed that a "technical glitch" had occurred during the State Council vote on the bill on June 24. This, according to the plaintiffs, could serve as grounds for repealing the adopted law.