The article summarizes the results of the research conducted by the author and organized in October-November, 2013 among the students of the Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics “MESI”. The study involved 103 people. Within a virtual forum the fourth year students, whose average age is less than 20 years, expressed their opinions on the causes of the mass political passivity and infantilism of Russians, as well as of population’ boycotting mass protests.

political infantilism, political absenteeism, social unrest, political alienation, subservient political culture, political ignorance, “elections without a choice”

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