Digitalization and patriotic education: Confl ict of two basic state strategies to form political identity of Russian youth

There are two important directions within the structure of current Russian domestic policy, i.e. the policy of patriotic education of youth and the policy of digitalization of various areas of public and state, as well as private life of citizens. Based on the idea of the need for a state to maintain the integrity and consistency of its political interests and management decisions, both directions should complement each other and thereby make domestic policy more eff ective. Especially taking into account the fact that both of these directions are connected to the solution of a strategic task of formation of a stable political identity among the new generation of Russian citizens. In reality, these two directions are in confl ict today at the highest level of public presentation of those specifi c tasks that the younger generation will have to solve in the process of fi nding their identity. An analysis of the way digitalization policy is presented shows that today it contains a real risk of undermining all the work to form the patriotic identity of Russian youth.

political identities, patriotic education of youth, digital politics