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The inability of either Labourists or Conservatives to form a parliamentary majority government after elections, and Liberal-Democratic Party's assuming a position that allows to qualify for a real participation in the state administration, change not only the balance of power, but also the contry's party-political system functioning principles themselves. Not less essential is the change in relations between society and government which became apparent during the electoral campaign and allows to raise an issue of a qualitative shift in the British democracy model.

The article gives an overview of the factors that precondition the aggressive expansion of big corporate business (mostly of companies – raw materials producers) and, at the same time, stagnation in development of small and medium enterprises. The disproportions caused by these anomalies together with hierarchical character of relations between the State and the business sector greatly reduce the investment potential and the scope of Russian private and state companies' innovative activities. The author sees the transition from a hierarchical model of business-State relations to a more balanced partnership interaction as a solution to the arising problems.