how does russia recruit its children?

Barely five years old, they carried guns for the first time. In schools, this army communication operation is called “the lesson of courage”. Since September, all schools in Russia have started their week with a flag raising, then singing the national anthem. The students then receive their compulsory patriotism course. In the front row, a desk pays tribute to a soldier killed in action.

Patriots trained in the forests of Siberia

Only the best can settle here. “He was very brave. So you have to be dignified to sit at his desk”, says a schoolgirl. To inaugurate the table, present in each region, former soldiers made the trip, and recite the official speech. “The struggle is not directed against the Ukrainian people. Our goal is denazification”said one of them. “It is necessary to educate patriots when they are young, because after that it is too late”, comments for her part Irina Evgenyevna Sevostyanova, the professor. In the forests of Siberia, other young patriots are trained to become good citizens, even good soldiers. During one day, a hundred teenagers from 14 to 17 years old take part in tests. In particular, they have to reassemble a rifle, by – 20°C.