The test version of the Unified State Examination in Russian included assignments with propaganda texts about the war in Ukraine. Photos of pages with assignments were published by the Telegram channel “Moscow against mobilization”.
For tasks selected texts from the book "Tank named Buttercup" by a certain writer Denis Prokhor. There is no information about this author in open sources.
“The indestructible and legendary N-th brigade of the people’s militia of the DPR broke the enemy in the quarters of Mariupol crippled by fate. The fighters worked hard and loudly. Seriously, but kindly. Unaccustomed war came out, and this time the enemy turned out to be surprisingly vile. He used living people instead of shells. On the playgrounds – military equipment, in residential buildings – firing points interspersed with "peace". So you can’t pour enough bombs and missiles and you won’t properly tune in to the right hardness of heart. The Russian soldier rethought the “mutiny war” for himself not in the way that the bloodthirsty “world community” expected from him and the covers of the magazine “Time” as bright as the false ones, but Mariupol is not Racca, the Russians are warriors, not butchers with frightened brains ".
On February 28, four days after Russian President Vladimir Putin started the war against Ukraine, teachers in Russian schools began to receive manuals with lesson plans on the subject of the war. They substantiate the need for a "special military operation" against the "fascist state" and have ready-made propaganda answers to possible questions from schoolchildren. Read about how educators deal with this pressure and talk about the war with their students in The Insider.
Starting in September, Russian schools began to conduct weekly propaganda lessons called "Conversations about the Important". The Ministry of Education defines these lessons as teaching schoolchildren about patriotism, the history of the country and its cultural values. In June, it was reported that among the topics of such class hours were the 110th anniversary of the author of the anthems of the USSR and Russia, Sergei Mikhalkov, "The Immortal Regiment" and "reunification with the Crimea." In St. Petersburg, during the preparation of teachers for these lessons, it was stated that in this way they are trying to “protect children from the Internet”, which is especially important “during a special operation.”
Every school week for all students from grades 1 to 11 begins with a lesson on propaganda. The Alliance of Teachers urged parents to massively complain to school principals and the Ministry of Education about “Conversations about the Important”, and teachers to refuse to conduct special lessons, defending the freedom to choose an educational program.
Despite the fact that “Talk about Important” is an extracurricular activity and the right to choose whether to attend these lessons remains with the parents of students, the media and Telegram channels have repeatedly reported that parents of students and the students themselves are threatened if they do not attend.