The main problems of functioning and promising areas of youth volunteerism development in modern Russia

The aim of this article is to analyze the factors that hinder the development of youth volunteering and to determine the main directions of this development in modern Russian society. The methodological framework of this research is based on the principles of institutional and activity-based approaches, which allow authors to study the main problems of operation and identify the current directions for the development of voluntary youth activities in modern Russia. The empirical framework of the study is based on sociological research materials conducted by the main domestic sociological centers of all Russian and regional levels, as well as on data obtained by the authors as part of their own research in the Rostov region. This article highlights the socioeconomic and socio-psychological factors that hinder the development of youth volunteering in modern Russian society. (associated both with the low standard of living of a significant proportion of domestic youth, and the high level of mistrust of many citizens about organized forms of charitable and volunteering activities)