Vesna

The Youth Democratic Movement "Vesna" is a Russian liberal democratic youth movement based in Saint Petersburg. The movement has full membership in the International Federation of Liberal Youth and European Liberal Youth. History Foundation The movement originated in early 2013, when a number of members of the Saint Petersburg branch of the Youth Yabloko, after they were expelled from the party, with the support of deputy Maxim Reznik, formed a new democratic movement, uniting with other youth liberal forces - the regional youth branch of the Solidarnost movement and the youth movement "Oborona". As was approved at the founding meeting, the movement will not officially have a single leader - instead, the governing and program functions will be carried out by the Federal Coordinating Council, consisting of five people. Immediately after the creation of the movement, the movement received criticism from Yabloko representatives for the "linguistic deafness of the organizers"