Features of the destructive impact on the youth of the new subjects of the Russian Federation

Abstract

This article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of the destructive impact on modern Russian youth by foreign states, Russian and international organizations, various groups, with the aim of changing the worldview, value orientations, beliefs, behavioral stereotypes of young people, creating and spreading anti-Russian ideology, forming a negative attitude towards state institutions and traditional values of Russia, as well as undermining socio-economic and political stability in the Russian Federation. Analyzing the examples and features of this kind of influence of these subjects on modern Russian youth, the authors of the article place special emphasis on studying the specifics of this kind of impact on the youth of new subjects of the Russian Federation. To illustrate and substantiate their statements, the authors cite the results of an expert survey “External destructive impact on youth of new constituent entities of the Russian Federation”, conducted in March–April 2023 on the territory of new constituent entities of the Russian Federation among employees of relevant ministries and departments, activists of social movements, specialists in the field of state youth policy in new constituent entities of the Russian Federation (Donetsk People’s Republic and Lugansk People’s Republic).Recognizing the fact of this kind of impact on young people of new constituent entities of the Russian Federation, analyzing the goals of which the subjects of destructive influence, the forms and mechanisms used by them seek, the authors systematize the proposals of experts on countering this impact and improving the mechanisms and forms of implementation of state youth policy in these regions.