"Ours" - that's it

The youth movement "Our" ceases to exist as a centralized federal project. It will be divided into several public projects, writes Kommersant on Tuesday. “Our” will no longer be used as a political mass, sources in the Kremlin told the newspaper.

As the leader of the organization Nikita Borovikov told the publication, at the conference of the regional leaders of our "ours" it was decided that out of almost 50 regional departments of the movement, only five would be preserved: Vladimir, Ivanovo, Tula, Voronezh and Yaroslavl. Activists from other regions will be able to participate only in special projects created by “ours” (“our army”, “voluntary youth squad”, “Orthodox corps”, “Friendship Lessons” and others).

"Our" is no longer planned to be actively used for political purposes. “Any youth movement should be rebooted at least once every three years. Today, with a change in the political situation, the tasks of youth movements have changed,” says Dmitry Medvedev, one of the employees of the election headquarters.

“In the current election campaign,“ ours ”would definitely not be addressed to the services of“ ours, ”a source in the presidential administration told the newspaper.“ In the new political configuration, under the current results, the jubilant “gopot” is not needed. ”

The presidential administration said that there will still be no "solemn closure" of ours, since the authorities will not leave youth unattended. " Part of financing was also preserved - so, at the end of last year, the organization won the state grant of 10 million rubles for a traditional rally on Seliger.

According to the sources of the newspaper in the presidential administration, who oversee the youth party party, the curtailing of the centralized project was primarily caused by the departure of its leaders: the first head of our "ours" went to the government, where he headed the State Committee for Youth Affairs, and the head of the "Our Elections" Sergey Belokonev became a deputy of the State Duma.