Unlike the popular western belief that there is absence of legitimacy of the Russian state and the elites are ruling completely undemocratically, the ground reality reeks of heavy popularity enjoyed by the Russian Leaders. We cannot argue that all the policies of the Leadership is working in favor of a western styled liberal democracy, but the Russian masses have always wanted a strong leadership and elites in Kremlin are delivering stability and strong government. There are various ideological and political factors that are contributing to the legitimacy of these Elites. This paper tries to study many of such factors which have led to popularity of these Elites among Russian masses.