YOUTH POLITICAL EXTREMISM IN RUSSIA: HISTORICAL ROOTS, EVOLUTION, MODERN FEATURES

Abstract

This article is the result of the politological research of development of youth extremism and its features in view of close sociopolitical, economic, spiritual processes of the transformed society of modern Russia. Politicisation of public consciousness which has undergone the great changes, especially among the youth allows to draw conclusions that the painful tendencies in consciousness of the young society are the nationalism, xenophobia, youth extremism and the planned actions. The activization of the political party line for the youth electorate in territory of Russia is evidence of the existence of the subjects which are win over the youth and stake on the future political dividends.
The author proves the necessity of the working out of the methodology of the development of the protest youth movements as their destructive activity represents the threat of safety for the person, societies and the states today.