FORMS OF REJUVENATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION POLITICAL AND STATE ELITE IN THE 2000S

Abstract

We studied the effect of events for the recruitment of young people into the federal elite held by the state authorities and the United Russia party over the past 15 years.  The article presents advantages and disadvantages of staff projects: "Political Plant", "Youth Primaries" and "Leaders of Russia".  As a result of these projects implementation, the concept of “youth” has become essentially blurred.  The degree of youth involvement in these projects has increased.  But there was no significant influx of young personnel to leading managerial positions through these measures, which reveals an underestimation of the young people’s role in the social and political development of the country by the current elite.  Each new project started before the beginning of the next federal election.