The Government of the Russian Federation approved a package of measures “to prevent destructive behavior of young people.” Among other things, they are “ramping up” the work of cyber teams

In Russia, they will “intensify” the work of cyber teams and information patrols in secondary and higher education institutions. homogeneous paragraph It is included in the package of measures adopted by the Government of the Russian Federation “For the prevention of negative social phenomena among children and youth” for the period 2026-2030.

The package of measures, as follows from the document published by the government, includes, among others:

• Measures to “identify minors planning unlawful attacks aimed at destabilizing the operational situation,” and information about them is supposed to be transferred to the Ministry of the Interior;
• Develop “an interdepartmental interaction mechanism ensuring the immediate restriction of the publication of materials describing armed attacks on educational organizations and scenes of violence and cruelty against minors in regional media and popular social networking communities”;
• Conducting “preventive conversations with students of general educational institutions and professional educational organizations on criminal and administrative responsibility for crimes of an extremist and terrorist nature.”

Measures “Prevention of negative social phenomena among children and youth” also include, for example, the organization of a campaign for the World Day against Drug Addiction “You are the Catalyst of Dreams!”, the organization and implementation of the national heroic project “From Oblivion to Immortality!”, as well as the implementation of the All-Russian project “Dialogue with Heroes”, the list of responsible implementers of which includes, in addition to the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Interior, the Russian Guard and the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

Commenting on the package of measures approved by the government, Rosmolodge stated that “cyber squads and information patrols” have been in existence in their current form since 2023. They have been described as “voluntary youth associations based in schools, colleges, colleges and universities.” Druzhinas monitors online publications for “materials aimed at involving the younger generation in activities that threaten their lives and health,” Rosmolodej explained, and then contacts the relevant departments to block the content.