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

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.