Pupils will now be taught that Ukraine is an “ultra-nationalist state” where “any dissent is severely persecuted” and “opposition is prohibited” – arguably more fitting to Putin’s Russia
Russian children will now be forced to learn overt lies, propaganda about the war in Ukraine and a “completely revised” history of the world in order to pass their exams.
One chapter of a new history textbook written by a hardline Vladimir Putin aide is entitled: “Ukraine is a neo-Nazi state.” Schoolchildren are taught Ukraine is an “ultra-nationalist state” where “any dissent is severely persecuted” and “opposition is prohibited”, a description many would see as more fitting to Putin’s Russia.
Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky penned the chapter on Ukraine but the history of the past 50 years has been “completely revised” to fit Putin’s worldview. He boasted: “No textbook has ever been created in our country in such a short time.”
The book is being rushed into schools by the first of September at the start of the new academic year and pupils will be tested on the content in state exams.