The government is preparing a strategy for the development of Russian Cossacks

"We must strengthen the regulatory framework and are working on the development strategy of the Cossacks until 2025", – Putin said. The prime minister said the government has and will provide financial and administrative support to the Cossacks. Now Russia is formed of register 11 troop of Cossack societies (Cossack troops): Grand Don Army, Central, Kuban, Terek, Volga, Orenburg, Siberia, Yenisey, Irkutsk, Transbaikalia, Ussuri Cossack troops. The total number of troops of the Cossack communities – more than 700 thousand people, so-called "nereestrovyh" public Cossack organizations – more than 600. Putin did not rule out the possibility of developing a separate federal program "Youth of the North Caucasus."