How Putin is preparing children to ‘die for the motherland’ | Ian Garner

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Putin is turbocharging his indoctrination of young people, says historian Ian Garner

in schools. But its most effective tool may be a myriad of new youth groups that introduce children to the Russian state’s world of constant war with a dazzling barrage of social media infotainment., established in 2016 under the defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, with the explicit intention of preparing children for careers in the state or military apparatus.

The state has thrown massive political and financial support behind the Youth Army project, and it appears to be paying off. Last year a 185m federal subsidy, and the group is growing rapidly. A million children are already members, and enrolment is projected to hit 20% of the school-age population by 2030.

But the Youth Army isn’t an ordinary army cadet group, and patriotic social media chatter is not idle talk. Its members are being“to die for the motherland”. They learn serious military skills in classrooms and summer training camps.

The Youth Army is one part of the state’s broader project to politicise the young. Money pours into slickly marketed groups, glitzy youth conferences attended by internet celebrities and teacher-training programmes that buttress national efforts. The government is evento create a movement along the lines of the Soviet “Pioneers” – a more palatable alternative for cosmopolitan city-dwellers than the militarised Youth Army.

 

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