"A COUNTER-ELITE": LOCAL POWER AND ITS OPPONENTS IN THE SIBERIAN MEGAPOLIS
The focus is on the interaction of power groups of the opposition, considered in the framework of the concept of urban regimes. Based on the provisions of K. Stone, the main characteristics of the coalition of power that has developed in the megapolis are given. The protest activity is considered on the basis of the ideas of J. Goldstone, where the effectiveness of government, the measure of dissatisfaction of the elites and the degree of identity of the protesters are evaluated. Based on the results of the 2019 elections, observations, and interviews, two opposition groups of the urban’s current model of power are considered: the systematic one, represented by political actors focused on the rules of political activity set by the federal center, and non-systemic players who approve alternative value priorities and goals. At present, none of the selected categories possesses the signs of a counter-elite and institutional organizational and resource-based opportunities for changing the agenda.