In particular, it is about the introduction of basic military training in high school.

British intelligence reported on the militarization of education in the Russian Federation.

This was announced on Twitter by the British Ministry of Defense with reference to intelligence data. In particular, basic military training was included in the secondary school program in the Russian Federation.

“In recent weeks, the Russian Ministry of Education spoke in more detail about the implementation of the previously announced plan to include basic military training in the secondary school curriculum,” the report says.

In particular, the module within the “Fundamentals of life safety” course will include training with Kalashnikov assault rifles, hand grenades, military drills and salutations, as well as the use of personal protective equipment. Lessons will become mandatory from September 1, 2023.

In addition, in December 2022, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation announced the “basics of military training” program for university students.

“The initiatives emphasize the increasingly militarized atmosphere in wartime Russia, and are also a (probably deliberate) reference to the Soviet Union: the same training was compulsory in schools until 1993,” British intelligence said.

Use of children and adolescents in war

In July 2022, it became known that in Russia, due to failures in the war against Ukraine, the scale of military training for children was expanded. In the Belgorod region, 500 cadet classes and about 1,000 junior army classes were opened.

In January 2023, in the temporarily captured territories of Ukraine, the Russians demanded that school graduates register for mandatory military registration. It is noted that it is necessary for further mobilization.

Later, the State Duma of Russia called for sending all young people to military training to prepare for a possible large-scale war with NATO.