no point "The Federation Council declared the ineffectiveness of ideological development of youth. The ideological processing of the Russian youth, on which sums comparable to the budgets of entire regions of the Russian Federation are invested, has become official reports "in sight", the Federation Council complained. "We have driven the regions and ourselves [to conditions] where the main aspect of our patriotic work is to reach the audience," said Senator Sergei Ponomarenko, speaking on Thursday at a round table at the Federation Council Committee on the Federal Structure, dedicated to the Day of National Unity. The amount of work to educate "patriotism" among young people does not translate into quality, Kommersant reports about Ponomarenko's words. The senator also said that "endless" patriotic events are held in the regions, although they have no "meaning". "Now all the regions, Rosmolodz knows this, will conduct a "round dance of unity". Is this patriotic education? In my opinion, no. Because there is no meaning in this action. And young people don't want to actively join it, it will be a push," he said. According to the draft budget, in the years 2027-2029. The authorities plan to spend more than 60 billion rubles a year on ideological work and military training of children, which exceeds the annual expenditure of, for example, the Kostroma region (57.1 billion rubles). More details.