STATE SHOULD UNDERTAKE PATRIOTIC EDUCATION IN RUSSIA

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MOSCOW, February 14 (RIA Novosti) - A special state body should be set up for patriotic education of Russian society.

This opinion was voiced on Monday by Alexander Ilyin, aide to the minister of culture and mass communications, at a round table on problems of patriotic education of the youth, organized by the Club of Senators.

It can be either an interdepartmental commission or a federal agency, he said.

Mr.Ilyin wondered that there are in the country special organs for physical culture and sport, tourism but not even one for patriotic education.

He noted that it is impossible to reach success in patriotic education if social problems remain neglected.

Minding commercialization of Russian society, it is the authorities' goal to make patriotism a profitable business for citizens, he believes.

In the figures of the Federal Education Agency cited at the round table, 30 million people in Russia are between 14 and 30 years of age.

In turn, Lev Boitsov, first deputy chairman of the commission for the youth and sport of the Federation Council (upper chamber of parliament), said that analytical research shows that about a half of Russian young people today see no reason for being proud of their homeland.

About 80 percent of young people are not interested in politics. Top-of-the-list for them today is material wellbeing and career, while 20 years ago those ranked only in the 20th places of the scale of values.

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