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Share: The education system in Russia is significantly militarized, as military ...

"They will become cheaper soldiers": Putin turns the school into a military training ground, WSJ

Share: The education system in Russia is significantly militarized, as military education and topics related to the war in Ukraine are included in the curriculum from the youngest grades. Military-ideological processing is aimed in part at raising a generation of militarized patriots, writes The Wall Street Journal. Journalists explained that the war in Ukraine could last for years and Moscow made it clear.

Analysts believe that military-ideological processing is aimed in part at raising a generation of militarized patriots who recognize the Russian state as the supreme power and will respond without question to the future call to arms. "If you take school-age children and indoctrinate them properly, they will become cheaper and more effective soldiers for any war you may plan in the future," said political scientist Kateryna Shulman.

The authors of the material emphasized that the key role in this campaign is played by active military personnel, who are now teaching schoolchildren how to handle weapons and self-defense techniques. It is noted that many parents support these changes, despite the fact that teachers and experts in the field of education warn that such ideological training may lead to the emergence of a cheer-patriotic generation that will unquestioningly obey and continue the Russian military policy.