Russian schools in Moscow, Kaluga, Sakhalin, and Tula Oblasts scheduled mandatory curriculum lessons for 1 March 2022 requiring teachers to convey Putin's arguments justifying the 'special military operation' against Ukraine to students in grades 7-11 and to condemn anti-war protests.
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Lessons are included in the curriculum for schools in Moscow, Kaluga, Sakhalin, and Tula Oblasts
Teachers are required to convey arguments used by Putin in his address regarding reasons for the 'special operation'
Teachers are required to condemn calls for anti-war protests in Russia
Syllabus claims the state of Ukraine did not exist on the map until the 20th century
Syllabus claims Russians and Ukrainians are 'one people'
Syllabus claims a state coup took place in Ukraine in 2014
Syllabus claims there is no war with Ukraine, only a 'special military operation' aimed at deterring nationalists oppressing Russian-speaking population
Syllabus claims Russian plans did not include occupation of Ukrainian territories
Syllabus claims Ukraine can create nuclear weapons posing a direct threat to Russia
Syllabus claims Russia sent troops to Ukraine because NATO ignored December 2021 ultimatums on non-expansion
Makieva was targeted by what she believes was the FSB, receiving death threats including a decapitated chicken thrown under her door and photos of gravestones with her face.
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