Political competition and the problems of its formation in Russia

Author considers the tendencies of the establishment of the political system and the development of the political competition in Russia. In the paper the analysis of the theoretical approaches to the understanding of the political competition is given. The characteristics of the political subjects are provided and their strengths and weaknesses as the participants of the political struggle for the power are showed. The factors of the formation of the simulation model of the political competition and the conditions for building up the real opposition to the "party of power" are discussed.