Russia is vigorously promoting the cult of the military in Russian society with particular focus on the younger generation, says Jamestown Foundation. Rapid growth has been seen in the "Yunarmia" movement, a military-patriotic aimed at Russian school children, with around 27,000 members assembled since its launch in September. The Kremlin also appears to be using social media as an instrument for influencing public opinion.
Russia is vigorously promoting the cult of the military in Russian society with particular focus on the younger generation, says Jamestown Foundation. Rapid growth has been seen in the "Yunarmia" movement, a military-patriotic aimed at Russian school children, with around 27,000 members assembled since its launch in September. There are concerns that military ideologies are on the rise in Russia, and that Moscow is behind a "militarisation of public conscious", with Jamestown suggesting it will be up to the Russian people to ensure young people do not become the tools of totalitarian regimes in Europe as has happened in the past.