Putin accused of brainwashing Russian children while spouting Ukrainian propaganda at school

Vladimir Putin continues to insist that war in Ukraine is justified. As the country steps up its efforts to make schools more patriotic, the Russian president visited students in Kaliningrad and reiterated that Ukraine should be part of Russia

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Vladimir Putin is accused of directly brainwashing children in Russia with an alternate version of reality.

The Russian president faces these claims after meeting a group of “high IQ” children from across Russia at a school in Kaliningrad, in the province of the same name on the Baltic coast.

Putin, responsible for the deaths of thousands of people in Ukraine, took an hour-long Q&A and said he was shocked that children did not know that Ukraine was once part of Russia and part of Russia. the Soviet Union.

He referred to the 2014 “coup” in which a pro-Russian president was overthrown in Ukraine.

Known as the 'Dignity Revolution', it saw Viktor Yanukovych ousted from the presidency, accused of looting an estimated £86 billion from the country.

Children from all over Russia were invited to meet Putin (

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A new government was formed based on the fight against corruption and quickly became increasingly allied with the West. Russia then invaded and annexed the Crimean peninsula in February and March 2014, sparking a war against separatists in the neighboring Donbass region.

Rebel fighters from Donestk and Luhansk were able to take control of parts of Ukraine, supported by Russia.

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