According to regional statutes, in most of the Entities of the Russian Federation a local recall (seen as a “loss of confidence”) may be the basis for early termination of the mandate of a municipal official. The legislation however varies from region to region and has, in some cases, been recognised as unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court. Nevertheless, the federal legislator has set some rules in this field: voting for the local recall shall be conducted at the initiative of the population, in accordance with the procedure established by federal legislation and with the local referendum legislation.