Darya Melekhova on Vesti.FM: it is important to create opportunities for self-realization of youth to save them from extremism

It is possible to extinguish extremism among young people by applying a set of preventive measures, including creation of the opportunities for self-realization of the younger generation, an analyst of Vestnik Kavkaza, Darya Melekhova said during a live broadcast of the National Question program on Vesti FM.

The National Question is a weekly program on Vesti.FM, during which various aspects of national relations, primarily in Russia, are discussed,. Today's program was dedicated to the modern challenges of the national policy.

‘’For the moment, extremism is one of the main internal threats to Russia's security, especially the extremist behavior of young people: this is one of the most acute social and political problems,"  Darya Melekhova noted.

According to her, this trend is related to the psychological differences of the younger generation from the older people. "In particular, the young people are extraordinary reactive of the realities around them - the difficult financial situation, lack of their own housing, the inability for many of them to continue their studies and improve their spiritual and physical culture. The inability to satisfy their own expectations and expectations of their relatives often leads them to seek opportunities In other cities and countries, where they often occupy very low steps of the career ladder. This is also due to the fact that many of them do not know well or do not know at all Russian, or become a victim of dishonest employers, " the analyst of Vestnik Kavkaza said. 

Darya Melekhova pointed out that young migrants do not have enough money to rent decent housing, so they live in conditions of crowding, poverty and indifference of all to all, often facing manifestations of open hostility. ‘’Loneliness, fear, misunderstanding of the way of life pushes them to search for a foothold, all this leads to the fact that young people become susceptible to the extremist ideology. A psychological need for belonging to a group plays an important role here.This group replaces their family or community, that a young man or girl left at his or her homeland ”, she explained.

Accordingly, in order to combat extremist manifestations in the youth environment, a whole range of preventive measures is needed. "I think that it is important to provide employment for young people. It is necessary to provide a wide range of opportunities for self-realization, in order to reduce unemployment among young people in the regions of Russia and the neighboring countries ."Students and high school graduates should have more opportunities to get paid summer work, they should be provided with the conditions for active cultural and leisure activities, "-  Darya Melekhova concluded.