This year a Russian documentary filmed at a school in Russia won an Academy Award.

Its hero? A Russian Primary school teacher, Pasha Talankin.

After Russia invaded Ukraine Mr Talankin found himself trapped in the job of teaching propaganda to students.

He filmed it all until he was forced to flee the country.

And what he captured offers a rare glimpse into Putin’s Russia, and the classroom propaganda program indoctrinating Russian kids.

Today, Andrei Soldatov a Russian investigative journalist, who also fled - and is living in exile in London on how the Kremlin is indoctrinating kids, Putin’s plan to re-write history .. and Russians – are they buying it?

 

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Guest: Russian journalist Andrei Soldatov

Photo: Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

This year a Russian documentary filmed at a school in Russia won an Academy Award.
Its hero? A Russian Primary school teacher, Pasha Talankin.
After Russia invaded Ukraine Mr Talankin found himself trapped in the job of teaching propaganda to students.
He filmed it all until he was forced to flee the country.
And what he captured offers a rare glimpse into Putin&rsquo;s Russia, and the classroom propaganda program indoctrinating Russian kids.
Today, Andrei Soldatov a Russian investigative journalist, who also fled - and is living in exile in London on how the Kremlin is indoctrinating kids, Putin&rsquo;s plan to re-write history .. and Russians &ndash; are they buying it?
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Guest: Russian journalist Andrei Soldatov
Photo:&nbsp;Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

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Inside Putin’s classroom propaganda push

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