The Nizhny Novgorod Lyceum prohibited students from “discrediting” the army; before this, the headmistress reported two schoolchildren to the police

Lyceum No. 82 in Nizhny Novgorod has introduced internal rules for students that prohibit them from “participating in public actions” aimed at “discrediting” the army. The document agreed upon by the parent council is published on the educational institution’s website. attention to it . drew Kommersant-Privolzhye

Schoolchildren were also prohibited from participating in the activities of public associations “whose goals or actions are aimed at undermining the security of the state,” creating armed groups, inciting social, racial, national and religious hatred and using Nazi symbols.

In addition to the army, students should not “discredit” the volunteers who went to fight in Ukraine, the government, officials, teachers and the leadership of the lyceum. The teachers' council adopted the rules on November 13, and three days later the parents approved them. The previous version, dated November 2, did not mention the prohibition on “defamation.”

As wrote telegram channel the Astra , in November the headmistress of the lyceum, Nina Govorova, reported two high school students to the police because of a video that they published in a telegram channel with 26 subscribers. The students recorded the video in the kitchen. In the recording, teenagers discussed Ukraine, the Russian military and lyceum teachers.

According to Kommersant -Privolzhye, the video was sent to the lyceum’s email address, after which Govorova contacted the Ministry of Internal Affairs - as a result, police officers drew up reports against the eleventh-graders about “discrediting” the army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code).

At a parent meeting on November 16, the lyceum staff asked to “protect Govorova from bullying,” since after denouncing her students, the headmistress began receiving insults on VKontakte and was forced to close her page, noted the local telegram channel “Sorokin Tail.” The Lyceum's public page, in turn, disabled comments.