federal law. Article 6. Methods of Providing Access to Information on the Activities of Government Bodies and Bodies Of Local Self-Government Access to information on the activities of government bodies and bodies of local selfgovernment can be provided through the following methods: 1. promulgation (publication) in mass media by government bodies and bodies of local selfgovernment of the information on their activities; 2. placement on the “Internet” by government bodies and bodies of local self-government of information on their activities; 3. placement in the premises occupied by the above-specified bodies, and in other places designated for these purposes by government bodies and bodies of local self-government of information on their activities; 4. familiarization of information users with information on activities of government bodies and bodies of local self-government in the premises occupied by the above-specified bodies, as well as through library and archival collections; 5. presence of citizens (natural persons), including representatives of organizations (legal entities), public associations, government bodies and bodies of local self-government, at meetings of collegium government bodies and collegium bodies of local self-government, as well as at meetings of collegium entities within government bodies and collegium entities within bodies of local self-government; 6. granting to information users, at their request, information on the activities of , government bodies and bodies of local self-government; 7. other methods, stipulated by laws and (or) other normative legal acts relating to access to information on activities of bodies of local self-government, as well as municipal legal acts. Article 7. Form for Granting Information on the Activities of Government Bodies and Bodies of Local Self-Government 1. Information on the activities of government bodies and bodies of local selfgovernment can be granted in oral form and in the form of documented information, including in the form of the electronic document. 2. The form for granting information on the activities of government bodies and bodies of local selfgovernment is defined by the present Federal Law, Federal Law “On providing access to information on the activity of courts in the Russian Federation”, other federal laws and other normative legal acts of the Russian Federation. The form for granting information on the activities of government bodies of subjects of the Russian Federation and bodies of local self-government can also be defined by laws and other normative legal acts of subjects of the Russian Federation, and, with respect to information on the activities of bodies of local self-government, by municipal legal acts. If the form for granting information on the activities of government bodies and bodies of local self-government is not defined, the form can be determined according to the request of the information user. If it is impossible to grant the above-specified information in the requested form, the information is granted in the form in which it exists within the government body or the body of