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      Initially, projects involving citizens were mainly implemented in cities. In Latin America, most cities with over one million people have experience in participatory budgeting. In Europe, PB is also predominantly urban practice. Lisbon, Paris, Berlin – this is not a complete list of cities implementing PB projects.

      At the same time, in South-East Asia, PB is predominantly rural practice.

      In Russia, initiative budgeting is concentrated in villages, urban-type settlements and small towns. At the same time projects of participatory budgeting are city projects. The PPMI also attempts to develop an urban component. Tver, Kirov and Ufa are actively involved in this process.

      It should be noted that urban practices can differ significantly from rural ones. Due to the larger size of the settlements, the urban population is disjointed: it is difficult and sometimes impossible to gather it for a general meeting, without the decision of which it is impossible to take a lawful decision (Federal Law No.131-FZ “On General Principles of the Organization of Local Government in the Russian Federation’ dated 06.10.2003 [as amended on 03.07.2016]).