‘Some parents said they’d break my knees’: the teacher who exposed Putin’s primary school propaganda
- Posted on March 2, 2026
- By The Guardian
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‘Some parents said they’d break my knees’: the teacher who exposed Putin’s primary school propaganda
Grenade-throwing contests replaced PE and ‘denazification’ speeches became homework. Pavel Talankin’s undercover film about his school’s indoctrination drive won a Bafta and is tipped for an Oscar, but has left him in exile
