A.U.E.

AUE

Founded	2000
Named after	Prof-convict's slogan and rule
Founding location	Siberia, Zabaykalsky Krai (TransBaykal region), other parts of Russia
Years active	2011–present
Territory	Educational and youth correction institutions, poor suburbs, poor villages
Ethnicity	Predominantly Russian and other Russian Federation nationalities
Membership	Mainly underage youth 12–17 years old
Criminal activities	Theft, murder, mobbing, robbery, racketeering, extortion, protection racket, drug trafficking

AUE (or A.U.E.; Russian: АУЕ, А.У.Е.) is an informal, well hidden, and vaguely defined organization of Russian criminals, mainly consisting of children and teenagers, who are often indirectly ruled by adult criminals.^[1]

The acronym, transcribed from Russian: АУЕ or А.У.Е., comes from Арестантский уклад\устав един or Арестантское уркаганское единство. which can be translated into English as "Prisoner's Structure/Code is United" and "Prisoner's Criminal Unity".

The AUE story started in 1980 but surfaced only in the 2010s.^[2]

On 17 August 2020, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation ruled to recognize the movement as extremist.