Russia: Putin ordered the study of young people on the Internet

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to regularly conduct research on consumer preferences and the characteristics of youth behavior on the Internet. The document published on the Kremlin website notes that this should give the authorities an understanding of how the information environment affects the formation of the views of young people.

In the same document, Putin ordered to create a coordination center on the basis of a non-profit organization, where they would produce Internet content for spiritual and moral education of youth.

The government must submit a report on the implementation of instructions by December 1, 2019.

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According to the application to the budget bill for 2020–2022, it is planned to spend 26 billion rubles on the "patriotic education" of youth. 800 million rubles from them annually want to spend on the "creation and distribution of content on the Internet, aimed at strengthening civil identity and spiritual and moral values among youth."

In May, RBC , citing two sources, wrote that the Kremlin will be guided by six criteria for assessing the effectiveness of officials. Among the so -called KPI (Key Performance Indicators) is a decrease in the level of protest potential, an increase in the share of patriotic youth and an increase in the level of social optimism.