Russia Wants to Keep a Stricter Eye on Its Anti-Putin Youth
- New law would let government monitor out-of-school activities
- Changes form part of measures to promote patriotic education
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The Kremlin is seeking to counter what it sees as foreign influence on Russia’s increasingly rebellious youth with a new law aimed at tightening state control over out-of-school activities.
The upper house of parliament approved legal amendments that will compel providers of “educational activities” outside of traditional academic programs to coordinate with the government, the state-run Tass news service reported Wednesday.