Putin Is Turning Eighth-Grade Classrooms Into Army Training Grounds A vast militarization of the education system is gathering pace in Russian classrooms, where students are trained to handle weapons by active soldiers.

⚠️ The #Kremlin is reaching deep into the country’s #schools to prepare potential #combatants for future #wars. Among the lessons for #teens: how to #assemble #Kalashnikovs and fly #drones.

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Warning: includes at least one irate witch hunter, a few insurgents with hand-me-down #Kalashnikovs and murderous intent, some predatory capitalists, a sexist or two, and a deity in the shape of a #cat.
Because no adventure is complete without a cat.
Even dog people know this to be true.