... of the Russians’ perspective of the future: the leadership, political elites, business elites and the masses. The members of each of these groups have their own ‘‘time horizon,’’ that is, the length of time in the future that influences their decisions, moods, and quality of life. The length of this period...

...Vladimir Gel’man; Inessa Tarusina Studies of political elites have emerged rapidly in post-Communist Russia. This state-of-theart article reflects on various developments in the field, analyzes research projects and frameworks, and focuses on two major issues of elite research: stratification...