The political culture of the modern youth of Russia in the context of current political events and real foreign policy challenges is one of the most important issues to study. It largely determines how the state will function and what it will be based on, as well as its future prospects. In modern conditions, in the era of post-truth and fake news, it is important to study the media competence of young people as a separate component of political culture and a means of protection from unverified information. The subject of our research is the problem of media competence, and the object is the political culture of youth. The purpose of the study was to describe the problem of media competence in the political culture of Russian youth. For this purpose, a series of expert interviews were conducted with experts in the field of real politics, as well as theorists in the field of education. The result of the study was a description of the modern political culture of youth, as well as the role of media competence in it. Expert assessments have largely helped to describe in more detail the political culture of young people and identify key trends in it, as well as to identify existing political risks for the state. It also revealed the fundamental differences in the formation of the political culture of generation Z from the political culture of other generations.