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.

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.