Directions for improving Russia’s youth policy in the realities of the VUCA world

The article examines a number of topical areas to improve the implementation of Russia's youth policy in the current conditions of changing reality. The coronavirus period had a negative impact on the dynamics of state activity in the sphere of meeting the needs of youth, and the international situation has exacerbated long overdue questions about the intensification of patriotic upbringing of the younger generation and the effectiveness of the very system of state communication with this category of citizens. At the highest level, the demand for new forms of work with youth is outlined, and the need to increase the effectiveness of the tools used is noted. Summarizing the various approaches to the choice of directions for the further development of the youth policy system in Russia, the author formulates a number of proposals, the implementation of which will adapt the work with the younger generation to the conditions of the new socio-political agenda. These include: developing infrastructure, expanding the responsibilities of bodies in charge of youth work, increasing the wages of specialists from these organizations, new formats for supporting non-profit associations, updating educators' knowledge, and increasing the amount of funding for the sphere.