Business and the power in the regions of modern Russia

The author of the article describes the characteristics of relationships of business representatives and political elite. Based on data from various studies the fact of mass penetration of the business elite of the regional government bodies is proved. A comparative analysis conducted by the author, have shown that this process is characteristic of such republics as Buryatia, Sakha (Yakutia) and partly Tyva. The paper material allows receive representation about political elite of the Russian republics, and also to define a business elite share in their structure. Thereby the attention is focused on a tendency of merging of business and the power which takes place in modern Russia.