October 5, 2026 | News Today in Russia they celebrate Teacher's Day. And with every year of the war , more and more Russian teachers are returning from the front. At the same time, the lack of pedagogical education or experience does not become an obstacle, and in some cases even veterans with a criminal record end up in schools.

We would like to share a useful opportunity for those involved in education. The Eastern Academic Alliance has announced an open competition for the development of alternative curricula and materials in subjects that are particularly susceptible to ideological pressure. Among the priority areas are the history of Russia, Russian language and literature, social studies, as well as languages ​​and cultures of indigenous peoples.

September 8, 2026 | Conversations about important things On September 7, Russian schools hosted the second “Conversations about Important Things” in the new academic year. At the same time, the topics varied depending on age: students in grades 1–5 were told about the siege of Leningrad, and students in grades 6–11 were told about industrialist Nikolai Putilov. ❗️The main innovation is that the propaganda lesson should now be held at home.

September 1, 2026 | Lyrics Today is the first of September - and a new stage in the indoctrination and militarization of Russian schoolchildren. In the new school year, about 18 million children will sit at their desks. We looked at what's new for schoolchildren and how Russian education will change in the new academic year. Basic military training becomes a separate school course. This is perhaps the main change of the new school year in terms of the militarization of education.

After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in Russian schools, instead of the usual life safety, a new subject appeared - “Fundamentals of Security and Defense of the Motherland.” Along with the new name, the program received basic military training, and school classrooms received mock-ups of machine guns and grenades, equipment for shooting and assembling drones.

For many Russian families, the transition from ninth to tenth grade has turned into a real quest. The state is pushing teenagers to get blue-collar jobs, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to get into universities, and the army awaits young men after college. The BBC Russian service spoke with parents, students and teachers who said that children do not go to technical schools and colleges because of a good life.

June 1, 2026 | Lyrics June 1 is perhaps the most peaceful holiday on the calendar. Children's Day. First day of summer holidays. A day usually associated with concerts, games, ice cream and a carefree start to summer. But in many Russian regions, even on this day, war was brought to children. On Sakhalin, Children's Day was renamed "Children's Day" and a Lesson of Courage was held.

May 28, 2026 | Chronicles of Indoctrination The Public Chamber of Russia stated that the situation with fake veterans of the war against Ukraine “has become uncontrollable.” The “mummers” perform in schools and universities, collect money supposedly for humanitarian aid, and in case of criminal prosecution they ask the court to “show leniency towards the veteran.” The situation has reached the point where even the security forces cannot distinguish real participants in the war from impostors.

School holidays in Russian schools have long turned into platforms for militaristic, religious and political propaganda. This last call was no exception. The participation of military personnel, clergy and United Russia deputies has practically become a mandatory part of the ceremonial events. 🪖 One of the main “guests” of the holidays were participants in the war against Ukraine.

Russian authorities continue to turn additional admission points into a tool for involving teenagers in militarized projects. Now they have decided to integrate the control of drones into the GTO - the “Ready for Labor and Defense” complex.

In schools in the Krasnodar region, high school students are taught the course “Moral Foundations of Family Life” as part of extracurricular classes in “Family Studies.” Teachers advise teenagers to build a family according to the Domostroy model of the 16th century: the man is the head of the family, the woman is the “helper” and “keeper of the hearth.” A separate topic of the course is called “Women’s emancipation as a fight against God” - girls are actually not recommended to think about a

On May 18, Russian schools held the last lesson of this academic year, “Conversations about the Important,” dedicated to “traditional Russian spiritual and moral values.” The lesson actually became the final consolidation of the main themes of the whole year - patriotism, collectivism, service to the state and “the priority of the spiritual over the material.” Schoolchildren were explained that traditional values ​​help “to feel part of a single people, contribute to the strengthening of society

After the outbreak of a full-scale war against Ukraine, the Russian authorities are systematically turning military training into a mandatory part of the school curriculum. In 2023, military training was built into the life safety course, and from 2024, not only tenth-graders, but also eighth-graders are taken to them. ❗️The publication “That's So” published an investigation into how Russia is building a system of compulsory military training for schoolchildren and how much money is spent on it.

“Now there are few WWII veterans left. And they were replaced by young, brave guys, veterans of the Northern Military District,” - Kindergarten No. 44 I Berezniki. Before May 9, dozens of “Victory parades” were held in Russian kindergartens with the participation of preschoolers. The children were dressed in uniforms of different branches of the military, lined up in columns and given toy machine guns.

On Putin’s instructions, the government has developed a set of 41 measures to prevent “negative phenomena” among children and youth until 2030. Among them is the creation and development of school and student “cyber squads” and “media patrols” . Such associations, according to Rosmolodezh, have already been operating since 2023.