Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Moscow and St. Petersburg among the political opposition s youth group Oborona (Defence), this ground-breaking work brings forward a multifaceted and colourful image of the life of political opposition activists in a restricted political environment. Existing studies on youth political activism in Russia have mainly dealt with the pro-Kremlin youth movements, such as Nashi, while youth opposition activism has been studied very little. Lyytikainen contributes to this gap by showing how youth are also actively organizing against the current government and...