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<article xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">kaspy</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">THE CASPIAN REGION: politics, economics, culture</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic" /><issn publication-format="print">1818-510X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="ru">Астраханский государственный университет им. В. Н. Татищева</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">368</article-id><title-group xml:lang="ru"><article-title>MODERN RUSSIAN POLITICAL ELITE: SUMMARY OF MAJOR ISSUES AND DEVELOPMENT</article-title></title-group><title-group xml:lang="en"><article-title>MODERN RUSSIAN POLITICAL ELITE: SUMMARY OF MAJOR ISSUES AND DEVELOPMENT</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Ivanova</surname><given-names>Liliya A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Ivanova</surname><given-names>Liliya A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>lili_iva@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff769" /></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff769"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">LLC RIA "Seven"; CTC-Astrakhan Astrakhan State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">LLC RIA "Seven"; CTC-Astrakhan Astrakhan State University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub"><year>2014</year></pub-date><issue>2</issue><fpage>250</fpage><lpage>256</lpage><history /><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2014/issue/2/article/368">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2014/issue/2/article/368</self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/2(39)/250-256.pdf" content-type="pdf">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/2(39)/250-256.pdf</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>The article analyzes the current state of the Russian political elite Analysis of the scientific literature indicates that domestic elitological community, constantly monitors the quality of the modern Russian political and administrative elite. At the same time, many analysts fear causes a low level of effectiveness of this cluster of Russian power, constantly shaken by corruption scandals and accusations of rigging the results of their activities.</p></abstract><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article analyzes the current state of the Russian political elite Analysis of the scientific literature indicates that domestic elitological community, constantly monitors the quality of the modern Russian political and administrative elite. At the same time, many analysts fear causes a low level of effectiveness of this cluster of Russian power, constantly shaken by corruption scandals and accusations of rigging the results of their activities.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>elite</kwd><kwd>elitology</kwd><kwd>politics</kwd><kwd>Russia</kwd><kwd>corruption</kwd><kwd>efficiency</kwd><kwd>klientalizm</kwd><kwd>paternalism</kwd><kwd>civil society</kwd><kwd>элита</kwd><kwd>элитология</kwd><kwd>политика</kwd><kwd>Россия</kwd><kwd>коррупция</kwd><kwd>эффективность</kwd><kwd>клиентализм</kwd><kwd>патернализм</kwd><kwd>гражданское общество</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>elite</kwd><kwd>elitology</kwd><kwd>politics</kwd><kwd>Russia</kwd><kwd>corruption</kwd><kwd>efficiency</kwd><kwd>klientalizm</kwd><kwd>paternalism</kwd><kwd>civil society</kwd><kwd>элита</kwd><kwd>элитология</kwd><kwd>политика</kwd><kwd>Россия</kwd><kwd>коррупция</kwd><kwd>эффективность</kwd><kwd>клиентализм</kwd><kwd>патернализм</kwd><kwd>гражданское общество</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group xml:lang="ru"><funding-statement /></funding-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement /></funding-group></article-meta></front><body /><back><ref-list /></back></article>