Pro-Government Militias

Young Russia (Russia)

Name assigned by coder:	no
PGM ID Number:	459
Country:	Russia
Date formed:	Jan. 1, 2004
Details of Formation:	Experts believe their emergence was a Kremlin response to the 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine, where youth groups played a key role in street protests that ushered a pro-Western presidential candidate to power.
Date dissolved:	Unknown
Details of Termination:
Successor group(s):	none
Private Military Company?	no
Government Relation:	type2
Government Link(s):	person/minister
Training and Equipment	yes
Shared Information and Joint Operations	no information
Shared personnel	no information
Types of Material Support:	no information
State Sponsor(s):	none
Other Connection(s):
Membership:	adolescents
Location:
Force Strength:	[unknown, unknown]
Target(s):	immigrants; unarmed political opposition, government critics
Purpose(s):	protect state, national or religious institutions; protect state, national or religious leader(s)
Other Information: