Young Guard of United Russia

{{Short description|Youth wing of the United Russia party}}

{{About|the youth wing of the United Russia party|the other uses|Young Guard (disambiguation)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox political party

| name = Young Guard of United Russia

| native_name = Молодая гвардия Единой России

| native_name_lang = ru

| logo = 150px

| colorcode = {{party color|Young Guard of United Russia}}

| abbreviation = MGER

| leader = Anton Demidov[https://mger.ru/novosti/glavnoe/17119-anton-demidov-stal-predsedatelem-obnovlennogo-koordinatsionnogo-soveta-mger/ Антон Демидов избран Председателем Координационного совета Молодой Гвардии Единой России]

| founded = {{Start date|2005|11|15|df=yes}}

| predecessor = Young Unity

| headquarters = 129110, Moscow, Pereyaslavsky lane, 4.

| ideology = Youth parliamentarism
Conservatism
Putinism

| position = Big tent

| national = United Russia

| colours = {{color box|##FFFFFF|border=darkgray}} White, {{color box|#014FA2|border=darkgray}} Blue, {{color box|#EF1C2F|border=darkgray}} Red (Russian national colors)

| anthem = Patriots of the New Age

| flag = File:Flag of the Young Guard of United Russia.svg

| website = [https://mger.ru/ mger.ru]

| country = Russia

}}

The Young Guard of United Russia ({{langx|ru|Молодая гвардия Единой России|Molodaya gvardiya Yedinoy Rossii}}; MGER) is the youth wing of the United Russia party. Founded in 2005, it uses the name of the famous Young Guard, a World War II underground organization. A largely pro-Putin youth direct action group, the Young Guard claims to have 85 regional branches across Russia from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok in the far east.[http://www.molgvardia.ru/ Molodaya gvardiya].Retrieved 2 August 2007.

The Young Guard was founded to unite Russian youth, to engage young people into social-political life of Russia.{{POV statement|Neutrality|date=January 2021}} The organization develops projects in many categories, e.g. "Volunteering", "Youth Electoral Campaigning", "Healthy Nation", "Accessible Environment", "Innovator", "Street Energy", 'My History', 'My Territory', "Youth Parliamentarianism", "Youth Federal Assembly", "Senses Factory", etc.

The organization has 160,000 members. The co-presidents of its coordinating council are Alena Arshinova and Timur Prokopenko.

In late December 2010 convicted spy Anna Chapman was appointed to the public council of the organization.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12060698 Russia spy Anna Chapman given pro-Kremlin youth role], BBC News (22 December 2010){{cite web |last1=Baker |first1=Peter |last2=Weiser |first2=Benjamin |title=Russian Spy Suspects Plead Guilty as Part of a Swap |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/world/europe/09russia.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=11 October 2019 |date=8 July 2010}}