Transformation of political elite of Russia at the turn of 20th – 21st centuries in terms of external political confrontation

Abstract

The article examines the transformation of the political elite in the Russian Federation at the turn of the century. The author studies the internal political situation and its influence on the processes of political power, as well as the change of political elite in connection with the resignation of the President of Russia Boris N. Yeltsin. It is hypothesized that the political changes in Russia had an impact not only on the internal development of the country, but also on its position in the international arena, and the political course chosen by the administration of V. Putin aimed to protect the sovereignty of the country and the realization of its national interests. At the end of the article the author concludes that the modern political elite is the result of the evolution of the Soviet nomenclature and its synthesis with the close environment of the first persons of the state, who have worked in the structures of state security, and its main objectives were the unity of the country, bloodless transfer of power, inviolability of private property, as well as socio-economic and political stability. In addition, the author suggests that Russia will develop within the framework of the course laid by the current President of Russia in the long term, regardless of who will replace him in office in the foreseeable future.