Late 2018 and 2019 was the period characterized by a number of unflattering, scandalous or even boorish statements of Russia's regional ruling elites. "The state owes you nothing at all" and "pasta-like products always cost the same" have recently become common rhetoric expressions among political beau monde. The article examines the reasons for regional political elite being so arrogant with public. Empirical material includes 84 cases of the loutish behavior of regional Russian elite towards

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... opulation, as well as the data of an expert survey (№=16). Speech impertinence and cynicism are associated with the desire to enhance public policy effectiveness and with neoliberal influence. The analysis of media publications related to boorishness expressed in public and the results of the expert survey highlighted such key values of the regional political elite as status, well-being, loyalty to higher authorities, stability and efficiency. Thus, the reasons for the irreverent statements should be attributed to systemic staff crisis of ruling authorities, and the lack of competence of the officials who fail to realize Russian politics becomes publicized through digital media nowadays and who are unable to reflect on ideological attitudes (primarily neoliberal) transmitted in such situations. The main consequences of the social arrogance by representatives of the Russian regional political elite could be the civil society activation in response to this trend.