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Thepoliticisation
ofRussianyouth
SVETLANAERPYLEVA
InRussia,withintheyoungergeneration,
apoliticallysensitiveusubgroup”hasformed
andhasbeengrowingsince2010.Itisnolonger
justVladimirPutin’sgeneration,butalsothe
generationofAlexeiNavalnyandYouTube.
AftertheprotestsontheMaidaninUkraine,theuelectro-Maidan”inArmenia
andespeciallyRussia’santi-corruptionralliesinthespringandsummeroflastyear,
adebateaboutanewgenerationofpost-Sovietyouthhasflaredupinthemedia.
Isittruethatthisnewgenerationismoreradicalthanthepreviousone?Why
didn’tyoungpeopleparticipateinpoliticsbefore?Howcanwedescribethelifeof
themodernpost-Sovietyouthandaretheyabletofinallybuildademocraticcivil
societyinthepost-Sovietspace?
Tisdiscussion,inmyview,isimportantfortworeasons.Firstofall,itplaces
youngpeopleastheobjectandsubjectofpoliticaldebateoncivilpolitics–onpos-
siblechangeandthefuturecourseittakes.Inotherwords,thedebatecouldlead
toframingtheyouthnotjustasaspecialsocialgroup,butalsoasapotentialpo-
liticalagentofsocialchange.Secondly,andrelatedtothis,thedebateallowsusto
understandsomethingaboutsocietyingeneral.Teveryphenomenonofyoung
people’sparticipationinpolitics,especiallyteenagers,canbeareflectionofthe
changingattitudesinsocietytowardspolitics.
