Editing Mayor (section)

===Russia===
In Russia, the {{Lang|ru|Мэр}}, from French {{Lang|fr|maire}} (transliteration: {{Lang|ru-latn|mer}} – not to be confused with the NATO [[OF-3]] rank {{Lang|ru|Майор}} – English: ''[[Major (rank)|major]]''), is one of the possible titles of the head of the administration of a city or municipality.  This title is equivalent to that of the head of a Russian rural district. Exceptionally, the {{Lang|ru-latn|mer}} of [[Moscow]], [[Saint-Petersburg]] and [[Sevastopol]] are equivalent to governors in Russia, since these three federal cities are Russian [[federal subject]]s.

Except for the aforementioned three large cities, the governance system of a Russian municipality (city, county, district or town) is subordinate to the representative council of the federation in which it is located. The {{Lang|ru-latn|mer}} is either directly elected in municipal elections (citywide referendum) or is elected by the members of the municipality's representative council. Election by council members is now more widespread because it better integrates with the Russian federal three-level vertical governance structure:

# National government:
## President (executive)
## [[Federal Assembly (Russia)|Federal Assembly]]
# Federation governments:
## Heads of federation (commonly governors)
## Regional representative councils
# Local governments:
## Heads of administration (who have the official title of {{Lang|ru-latn|mer}}, whether or not local law defines it as such)
## Local representative councils

The typical term of office of a {{Lang|ru-latn|mer}} in Russia is four years. The {{Lang|ru-latn|mer}}''<nowiki/>'s'' office administers all municipal services, public property, police and fire protection, and most public agencies, and enforces all local and state laws within a city or town.

According to Medialogy,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Рейтинги мэров |url=http://www.mlg.ru/ratings/mayors/2949/6/2014/4/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222162625/http://www.mlg.ru/ratings/mayors/2949/6/2014/4/ |archive-date=22 December 2015 |access-date=14 June 2014}}</ref> the {{Lang|ru-latn|mer}} of [[Novosibirsk]], Anatoly Lokot', is mentioned in the media more than any other Russian mayor.  The {{Lang|ru-latn|mer}} of [[Kazan]], Il'sur Metshin, is the most popular in Russia, scoring 76 out of 100, according to the Russian People's Rating of {{Lang|ru-latn|Mer}}''s''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Регионы России: Рейтинг Мэров (Май, 2014) |url=http://russia-rating.ru/info/1530.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220100742/http://russia-rating.ru/info/1530.html |archive-date=20 February 2015 |access-date=14 June 2014 |website=russia-rating.ru|date=12 May 2014 }}</ref>

The status of the post in Sevastopol is not legally recognized outside of the [[Russian Federation]].