Lessons about the war with Ukraine to be introduced in Russian schools

IRINA BALACHUK - WEDNESDAY, 20 APRIL, 2022, 15:59

From 1 September, propagandist lessons will be held in Russian schools, to explain the "goals and objectives" of the Russian war against Ukraine to children.

Source: Russian media "Interfax" linking to "Russia is a Country of Opportunities", a statement made by the head of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation Sergei Kravtsov during a meeting of the president of the RF Vladimir Putin with members of the Supervisory Board of ANO

Verbatim: "We are really doing this kind of work and have intensified it since the beginning of the "special operation," just because our children have been bombarded by a barrage of unbelievable misinformation and fake news about our country. We are working to organise such lessons from 1 September."

Details: Kravtsov noted that Russian schoolchildren are already being told that Russia attacked Ukraine allegedly to help "their people" and to carry out "the de-Nazification and demilitarisation of Donbas". 

Background: 

• Propagandist lectures to justify the war with Ukraine are held in Russian universities, often instead of ordinary lectures. Universities have been urged to place the "Z" symbol on their websites, on the facades of their buildings and inside their auditoriums.