Protest Behavior of the Moscow Youth: Analysis of External and Internal Factors

This study is devoted to the protests have engulfed the Russian capital in the past few years and continue to spontaneously emerge in response to the actions of the authorities. The young people with the greatest potential for protest are the most exposed to the factors of protest behavior. For this reason, they were recruited as respondents to identify the factors influence the manifestation of protest behavior and to characterize this factors connection with protest behavior, which in the research means participation in protest actions. These factors have both external and internal character and reflect not only the motives but also the catalysts and barriers to protest behavior. Previous studies have analyzed factors of different nature individually, while in this research work it is important to identify their interconnection. To achieve this research goal, an online survey was conducted among young people living in Moscow who wish to actively participate in the political life of the country, and a significant influence of internal factors on the probability of participation in protest actions was revealed.