Imagining young adults’ citizenship in Russia: from fatalism to affective ideas of belongingFootnote^*

* The results of the project “Citizenship of Russian Youth: Contemporary Meanings and Practices”, carried out within the framework of the Basic Research Program at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) in 2013, are presented in this work.

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