Teenagers 14 to 16 will now be able to become trainees of full time military bands of Russias Interior Ministry internal troops, under a new order by the interior minister. They will be provided with support, secondary education, and instrument training, and after 18 they may enter a military school or continue serving in the band. The article also says how the internal troops already help orphans, teens from troubled families, and those whose fathers died in the line of duty.

Teenagers aged 14 to 16 will now be able to become pupils of regular military bands of the Internal Troops of the Russian Interior Ministry. This became possible thanks to an order of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, which approved the “Regulations on Pupils of Regular Military Bands of the Internal Troops of the Russian Interior Ministry.” The order of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation requires the consent of parents or their legal representatives for a child to become a pupil of a military band of a military unit. This is a chance for a young talent from a low-income family or an orphan, for whom the alternative is street corners, drug addiction, and a broken life.
Young people who become pupils of military bands of military units of the Internal Troops of the Russian Interior Ministry are provided with all forms of support, receive a secondary education, and learn to play a musical instrument. Upon reaching the age of 18, a pupil may enter a military school, including a music school, or, upon being called up for military service, remain to serve in the band.
Many military units and subdivisions of the Internal Troops already sponsor orphanages and educational institutions, and work with neglected children, troubled teenagers, and children from low-income and disadvantaged families. Under the care of the Internal Troops today are 231 general education schools, 29 boarding schools, and 26 orphanages. Nineteen orphaned children are pupils of military units of the Internal Troops of the Russian Interior Ministry.
For children whose fathers died while performing their military duty, the command of the Internal Troops provides assistance in obtaining a worthy education. Today, 21 young men are studying at institutes of the Internal Troops of the Russian Interior Ministry, 12 are in Suvorov military schools and cadet corps, and 81 are in civilian universities across the country.