The submitted research is devoted to estimation requirements to a leadership component of political management in modern Russia
generated as realized by experts and in popular consciousness. This paper presents and analyzes experts and public opinion poll
findings in several regions of Russia. Following the results of survey the leadership and elite configuration, in the Russia of our
modern age represented by a triad “President – Heads of territorial entities of the Russian Federation – municipal authorities”, is
described. Analysis of desirable and available leadership style of representatives of the Russian establishment of different levels,
criteria of selection of political leaders have been performed; stability of the modern Russian elite, its key positive and negative
features in the eyes of expert community and in popular consciousness have been evaluated.
Timeliness of this research is arising from changes in foreign policy status of Russia, extension of its political and economic clout,
increase of its significance in the international stage. These positive trends not least result from leadership skills of the leader of the
State and his team officials both at national and at regional levels. And the contest for the support or discrediting of the country’s
leadership starting under these circumstances requires a thorough valuation of actual position of the leader and his environment
in the context of the resource of their authority. Based on the research data, authors of the research note a linkage between rates of
leadership and elite skills of Leader of the State and efficiency of political management.
Alexander Ponedelkov, Alexander Starostin, Sergey Zmiyak Leadership and Elite Projection of Regional Political Processes in Russia (Following the Panel Sociological Studies) // The Russian Academic Journal, Vol. 29, Issue 3, 2014, pp. 0-0

On the basis of factors such as ideology, the degree of populism, political leadership and form of the government a complex comparative
analysis of the formation and development of the party system in Lithuania and Russia in the post-communist period was
carried out. Summing up, it should be noted that both Russian and Lithuanian party parliamentarism are being progressively consolidated.
At the same time they continue to suffer from many shortcomings owing to negative historical heritage, characterized by
authoritarian single-party system, cult of the leader, ideological populism and undeveloped civil society, and also because of the
prolonged transition period of young democracies. Speaking about the prospects of the development of the party systems of two
countries, it can be assumed that in the medium term the current situation should not change dramatically.
Igor Ivanov, Vadim Volovoj Comparative Analysis of the Party Systems Development in Russia and Lithuania // The Russian Academic Journal, Vol. 28, Issue 2, 2014, pp. 0-0

The submitted research is devoted to estimation requirements to a leadership component of political management in modern Russia\r\ngenerated as realized by experts and in popular consciousness. This paper presents and analyzes experts and public opinion poll\r\nfindings in several regions of Russia. Following the results of survey the leadership and elite configuration, in the Russia of our\r\nmodern age represented by a triad “President – Heads of territorial entities of the Russian Federation – municipal authorities”, is\r\ndescribed. Analysis of desirable and available leadership style of representatives of the Russian establishment of different levels,\r\ncriteria of selection of political leaders have been performed; stability of the modern Russian elite, its key positive and negative\r\nfeatures in the eyes of expert community and in popular consciousness have been evaluated.\r\nTimeliness of this research is arising from changes in foreign policy status of Russia, extension of its political and economic clout,\r\nincrease of its significance in the international stage. These positive trends not least result from leadership skills of the leader of the\r\nState and his team officials both at national and at regional levels. And the contest for the support or discrediting of the country’s\r\nleadership starting under these circumstances requires a thorough valuation of actual position of the leader and his environment\r\nin the context of the resource of their authority. Based on the research data, authors of the research note a linkage between rates of\r\nleadership and elite skills of Leader of the State and efficiency of political management.

On the basis of factors such as ideology, the degree of populism, political leadership and form of the government a complex comparative analysis of the formation and development of the party system in Lithuania and Russia in the post-communist period was carried out. Summing up, it should be noted that both Russian and Lithuanian party parliamentarism are being progressively consolidated. At the same time they continue to suffer from many shortcomings owing to negative historical heritage, characterized by authoritarian single-party system, cult of the leader, ideological populism and undeveloped civil society, and also because of the prolonged transition period of young democracies. Speaking about the prospects of the development of the party systems of two countries, it can be assumed that in the medium term the current situation should not change dramatically.