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Young people in Russia today is the social group on which all the generations of Russian citizens pin their hopes for the future of the country. Due to young age and little life experience, underdeveloped skills of reflexive their content of political perceptions and values are rather poor and stereotyped. Political values of this group as a whole are the same as that of all Russians. The most meaningful to them are the values of security (as part of the materialistic values - in the terminology of R. Inglehart), which are expressed in such terms as "peace", "order", "legality", "justice" and can be interpreted as a response to the unstable conditions of their lives. However, as a stable motivational basis of individual behaviour in society, namely the value of security ("peace", "order", "justice") and "freedom" stimulate young people to encourage their expression in real-world activities such as participation in elections, protests, or voluntary actions.