Putin/Russia is a situation where the elite did not install the politician, but are in fact the creation of the politician

So some oligarch complains to Putin  that he has trouble visiting his estate in Spain and his holdings are now worth $4 billion instead of $6 billion because of sanctions....

I can see Putin saying to him 'Yuri, 15 years ago you were a mid-level functionary at an agriculture implements factory in Magnitogorsk, living in a two room apartment in a Brezhnev era building. If you think times are now tough, I can get you your old job back'

Actually, come to think of it, I can't see the conversation happening. The oligarch already knows the answer and would never raise the question.