BNN Bloomberg on propaganda in Russian schools, with some inputs from me: ДАННОЕ СООБЩЕНИЕ (МАТЕРИАЛ) СОЗДАНО И (ИЛИ) РАСПРОСТРАНЕНО ИНОСТРАННЫМ СРЕДСТВОМ МАССОВОЙ ИНФОРМАЦИИ, ВЫПОЛНЯЮЩИМ ФУНКЦИИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА, И (ИЛИ) РОССИЙСКИМ ЮРИДИЧЕСКИМ ЛИЦОМ, ВЫПОЛНЯЮЩИМ ФУНКЦИИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА "The Kremlin has also founded a national patriotic youth organization reminiscent of the Communist-era Pioneers and Komsomol organizations that officials say will count 18 million schoolchildren as members. After his meeting in Kaliningrad with the school students, many of whom were activists in state-approved youth groups, Putin joined them in singing the national anthem. “The idea is to instill ideology into young and susceptible minds of children,” said Ekaterina Schulmann, a Russian political scientist critical of the Kremlin and a fellow at Germany’s Robert Bosch Academy. “If it lasts for 10 years, it can help to raise a generation that even if they don’t enthusiastically uphold these values will at least consider them the way the world is run.” www.bnnbloomberg.ca/mired-i….1814628