The kremlin Establishing Total Control over russia’s Youth

The kremlin is systemically expanding its influence over the education and leisure activities of russian schoolchildren, forming a centralized model of ideological control. The key instruments are state funding, media assets, and educational platforms controlled by structures close to the president.

The main supplier of school textbooks in the rf is the “Prosveshcheniye” publishing house, which is controlled by the “Fin-Partner” foundation, linked to the rotenberg brothers, putin’s long-time allies.

The state corporation “Rostec”, headed by sergey chemezov, oversees the development of tasks for scientific and technical clubs and competitions involving tens of thousands of schoolchildren across the country.

Media consumption is largely controlled by yuri kovalchuk’s structures. His assets include “National Media Group”, “Gazprom-Media”, and VK – the owner of the new Max messenger, which is being actively promoted among young people.

In 2025, the government of the rf plans to spend 66 billion rubles on patriotic education programs. Of this amount, 20 billion will be allocated to finance the “Movement of the First” movement, which is equal to the annual budget of the Jewish Autonomous Region, where the level of gasification of the housing stock does not exceed 30 %.

In parallel, the ministry of digital development of the rf intends to expand the video surveillance system on a large scale. By 2030, another 5 million cameras with facial recognition capabilities are to be installed in the regions. The total budget for the project is 12 billion rubles. As of today, more than 68 federal subjects have already integrated the technology, and the number of active cameras has exceeded 1 million units.