Youth Policy in Modern Russia. absenteeism and Political Protest

Abstract

The article analyzes the features of the current youth policy of the Russian Federation aimed at raising the political culture. Despite the current activities of the government institutions in the field under study, absenteeism, as well as the protest potential of the young people, remains at a fairly high level. In this regard, the government acknowledged the importance of forming a positive image of the state power in the eyes of young people and strengthen its influence in the sphere of forming loyal associations, which is not always positively perceived among the youth. The work focuses on the fact that raising the loyalty of youth organizations is one of the factors of political stability, both in case of internal turbulence and external influence. The authors also focus on the beneficiaries of youth protests. The authors paid special attention to the issue of forming political leadership among the youth and the absence of leaders expressing the opinions of young people in modern Russian politics. At the same time, youth protest as a social phenomenon lack class and in some cases ideological differences. The authors come to the conclusion that despite the steps taken by the government and political parties to involve Russian youth in the political agenda, the young people reject leaders of youth opinion imposed by the authorities, either cultivating nonparticipation in the electoral campagines or demonstrating latent protest voting.

Protest activity of youth in Yekaterinburg in 2017-2021: cases and determining factors

“…Summing up the analysis, A.V. Rudenkin, in our opinion, rightly notes that the sources of the activation of the protest potential of Yekaterinburg youth should be sought not only in the "traditionally" considered by researchers reasons -shortcomings in the implementation of state youth policy, shortcomings in the system of civic education or the destructive influence of foreign and domestic protest provocateurs [16,17,18]. An important factor is "the inner experiences of young people, the formation of a special political culture in many of them, which increases their demands on society and creates the basis for the growth of their dissatisfaction with the surrounding conditions of life" [13].…”