Putin’s Propaganda in Schools

Putin Aims to Shape a New Generation of Supporters, Through Schools

Sweeping changes in the curriculum will soon cast the Russian president as a pivotal historical figure and mark an end of openness to the West. And, according to legislation signed into law by Mr. Putin on Thursday, all Russian children will be encouraged to join a new patriotic youth movement in the likeness of the Soviet Union’s red-cravatted “Pioneers” — presided over by the president himself