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Inside Putin’s chilling 10-year plot to build army of West-hating ‘child zombies’ to prepare for war with Nato

RUSSIA is building an army of “child zombies” in a bid to turn them into Kremlin loyalists and enemies of the West.

Tyrant Vladimir Putin is brainwashing schoolchildren to ensure they do not become critics of the Russian regime, according to experts.

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 4: (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin poses with children of Russian officers, who are taking part in the military invasion of Ukraine and to participants of youth and student organizations, at the Red Square on November 4, 2024 in Moscow, Russia. Putin put flowers on the monument to Minin and Pozharsky, marking the National Unity Day. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)
Tyrant Vladimir Putin is brainwashing schoolchildren to ensure they do not become critics of the Russian regime
Vladimir Putin addressing young Olympiad winners.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin holds an open lesson ‘Talking about important things’[/caption]
Blindfolded Russian student disassembling an AK-47 rifle.
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Russian students, members of the ‘Victory’ patriotic education centre, learn how to strip and rebuild an AK-47 assault rifle[/caption]
Boy examines AK-74 assault rifle at military exhibition.
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A Russian boy examines the AK-74 Kalashnikov assault rifle[/caption]

Since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia has ramped up efforts to control the young population and dissuade them from becoming critics of the state.

This includes “Three Pillars” of propaganda the Kremlin introduced to push more pro-Putin ideologies.

Tactics like compulsory patriotic education and drastic changes in Russian history that fit the Kremlin’s narrative have been introduced alongside active military-patriotic activities.

Russia experts say that the regime – which now thinks it is at war with the West – needs popular support from its citizens more than ever.

And an indoctrinating an entire generation of patriots will help Russia move forward with its ideologies against the West.

And it will also prevent the youth from turning into critics of Putin’s government, they argue.

Mikhail Komin, a Russia expert from the European Council on Foreign Relations, told The Sun: “In the next 10 years, because of the intense state-related propaganda, Russia will have a proper Putin generation who will be loyal to the dictator. 

“Since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Putin has realised he needs a more loyal public and the influence he had on them was not enough. 

“So now he is brainwashing the children from kindergarten up to the youth studying in universities. 

“The Russian regime believes that a real rivalry with the West, a war with Nato has now begun and the whole world is watching it so Putin is trying to control as much population as he can.”

Dr Maxim Alyukov, a King’s College Russia program research fellow, said Putin views children as a potential threat to his iron-fist regime.

He told The Sun: “By shaping students’ views early, the government hopes to influence their political attitudes and ‘inoculate’ them before they reach adulthood, become interested in politics, and potentially become an audience for the opposition.

“Children are often used as a pretext for justifying more repressive measures. Framing repressive measures as necessary for the protection of children tends to receive less public resistance. 

“Many repressive policies, such as anti-LGBT measures, internet censorship and many others, were introduced in Russia using children as a justification.” 

The Russian regime believes that a real rivalry with the West has begun so Putin is trying to control as much population as he can

Mikhail KominEuropean Council on Foreign Relations

Mr Komin explained Kremlin’s first pillar of propaganda is compulsory patriotic education.

He said this promotes pro-regime ideas – and teaches young kids a Kremlin-approved view of current political events and history.

Russia recently introduced what it calls “Conversations About Important Things,” a compulsory class taught every Monday in all Russian public schools.

The lessons taught in this class are used to brainwash kids with an alternative reality of the country – and promote Russian “values” like conservatism and traditional feminism.

Just a month after the Russia-Ukraine war started, Vladimir Medinsky, the former Minister of Culture introduced a drastic change in the Russian history textbooks.

The Russian government hopes to influence their political attitudes and ‘inoculate’ them before they reach adulthood

Dr Maxim AlyukovKing's College London

As a result, an entirely new curriculum was introduced that offers a completely different version of Russian history that contains a much stronger pro-Kremlin bias.

Dr Alyukov said the textbook “significantly shifts emphasis in the coverage of Soviet history, de-emphasising Stalin’s repressions, and framing the West as the major culprit of most international conflicts in the latter half of the 20th century.”

“It highlights the achievements of the superpower Soviet Union, indignation at the humiliations of the Soviet collapse, and acclaim for the ‘rebirth’ of Russia under Putin’s rule,” he added.

Orphaned children in Russia receive military training, learning to fire rifles.
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359115 06: Inside facilities where the children learn to fire rifles outside of Moscow[/caption]
Vladimir Putin holding children's drawings at a meeting with students.
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Putin attends a meeting with students during a visit to Lomonosov Moscow State University[/caption]
Vladimir Medinsky presenting a new Russian history textbook.
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Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky attends a press conference to present a new schoolbook for high school students on general world history and Russian history[/caption]

The lessons also include chapters about the invasion of Ukraine but have been framed in a way that matches the Kremlin’s views and perspectives.

In the new version of Russian history, officials call the bloody Ukraine war a “special military operation” and blame the West heavily for the world events.

Many chapters use the word “Nazi” as the key term to refer to Ukraine.

These chapters, according to the experts, are meant to brainwash kids and make them believe that Putin’s meatgrinder war against Ukraine is justified.

The second pillar includes things outside the educational context.

Experts told The Sun how Putin’s regime has introduced new activities in schools and colleges to capture the minds of the youth.

This includes extracurricular activities, such as meetings with veterans of the war in Ukraine and patriotic poetry and drawing sessions.

A TOY CALLED KALASHNIKOV

Dr Alyukov explains how active military-patriotic organisations for the youth, such as Yunarmiya and Dvizheniye Pervykh, are teaching kids in Russia how to throw grenades and assemble a Kalashnikov.

The Kremlin is also pushing its narrative through new-age digital media to more effectively sway the younger generation, he said.

The expert added: “Russia is trying to appeal to the youth through culture, entertainment, and digital media.

“Recognising the influence of oppositional bloggers, the Kremlin has invested heavily in cultivating patriotic influencers and online content creators.

“These creators can spread state-approved narratives and counter dissenting opinions, but package them in a more modern, fashionable form.

“They often use humour, memes, and popular trends to resonate with younger audiences.

“There are some attempts to invest in video games with pro-regime narratives and other areas.”

Even if there is one critical young online user, escaping pro-regime narratives is impossible

Dr Maxim AlyukovKing's College Russia program

Mr Komin said the third and final pillar of the Kremlin’s propaganda machine is preventing the youth from accessing information through independent educational resources and media outlets. 

Russian authorities have mostly blocked all websites and banned apps that are affiliated with the West or carry “enemy” ideologies.

To fill in the gaps, major state media outlets increased their presence online.

Bots and rolls are used to amplify the visibility of pro-regime sources and search engines and news aggregators are used to downplay the presence of opposition sources.

Dr Alyukov said: “Today, even if there is one critical young online user, escaping pro-regime narratives is impossible.

“Alternative strategies are used to confuse people, undermine the credibility of oppositional media, sow doubt.

“Even if you do not manage to convince the young audience, at least you can dissuade them from criticism.”

Mikhail said that even though many teachers in primary schools don’t want to teach lessons filled with Russian-state propaganda, they are left with no choice but to follow the Kremlin’s instructions due to their social circumstances.

“Most of these teachers come from humble backgrounds and don’t have the means to get jobs anywhere else.

“They are left with no choice but to follow what has been instructed to them.”

First graders in a Moscow classroom listen to their teacher.
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Russian children sit at their desks in class and listen carefully to the teacher in the first lesson in Moscow[/caption]
Vladimir Putin visiting a Russian high school classroom with a Leo Tolstoy portrait in the background.
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Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits a classroom in a high school[/caption]

How Belarus is snatching and warping Ukrainian kids for Putin

By Iona Cleave, Foreign News Reporter

BELARUS has abducted thousands of Ukrainian children in what could be a chilling attempt to build a new army for Putin, experts have warned.

Ukrainian special forces, rights advocates, and those leading brave missions to rescue kidnapped kids told The Sun that the actions of Russia’s “satellite state” amount to “genocide”.

Evidence is fast mounting that Ukrainian kids trapped in Russian-held territories have been snatched from families, hospitals and orphanages and shipped off to Belarus

Investigators claim that the country is mimicking Russia’s war crimes by using force, abuse and coercion to transfer the children across the border and forcibly enrol them in “rehabilitation” camps.

Now, fears are growing that the traumatised youngsters are being trained to become “bound for the Belarusian army” and, in turn, an arm of the Russian military.

“There is no question what we are talking about,” top human rights lawyer Kateryna Rashevska told The Sun.

“It is the indoctrination, militarisation, and Russification of these children and the eradication of their Ukrainian national identity.”

Investigators estimate anywhere between 3,000 to 6,000 kids have been taken to Belarus, where it becomes increasingly murky to track their movements.

Rashevska told The Sun that a summer campaign was in full swing to transfer the children into Belarus “to be indoctrinated in a very fast transition”.

The goal, she said, was to subjugate and militarise innocent Ukrainian children so that one day they might fight for the Belarusian army.

But it extends far beyond that, the lawyer explained. “Belarus’ efforts serve a broader purpose – to glorify war as a phenomenon.”

From the camps, it’s believed that some of the youngsters have been sent on to Russia – even to eastern regions as far as 4,000 miles from their homes in Ukraine.

Or they have been known to be returned to Russian-held territories and forced to join militarised youth associations poisoned with Russian propaganda.

“Lukashenko’s actions are not isolated but rather indicative of shared intentions with Putin,” Rashevska explained.

And when it comes to the “rehabilitation” camps – the evidence is clear.

The stolen children spend weeks or even months being “brainwashed, forced to speak Russian and enrolled into patriotic youth military movements – all funded by the Russian Federation”. 

Britain’s ambassador to Ukraine, Melinda Simmons, has referred to the kidnappings as part of Russia’s “hybrid invasion”.

The diplomat described it as a catastrophic long-term strategy to sever ties between Ukraine and the “next generation that will defend the country”.

Rashevska said that central to this plot is an assault on the children’s sense of national identity, which proves genocidal intent.

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I came face-to-face with arrogant Jeffrey Epstein & I’m convinced he DIDN’T kill himself… telltale signs prove foul play

JEFFREY Epstein’s “overly self-confident nature” has made a lawyer who represented his victims doubt whether he took his own life.

The paedo financier, 66, was found dead in his cell in 2019 as he awaited trial.

Photo of Jeffrey Epstein.
Jeffrey Epstein poses for a sex offender mugshot in 2017
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Jeffrey Epstein at the launch of Radar Magazine.
Epstein pictured in New York in 2005
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Photograph of Jeffrey Epstein's jail cell.
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The jail cell of accused sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is seen as part of the investigation by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, City of New York[/caption]

But lawyer Spencer Kuvin, who met Epstein several times, said the shamed billionaire never thought he had done anything wrong – and arrogantly believed he wouldn’t be jailed.

He told The Sun: “From the times I met him and deposed him, and sat in mediations with him, he never, ever struck me as someone who questioned whether he had done anything wrong.

“He was always overly self-confident in what he had done and his belief that he had never done anything inappropriate at all, ever.

“There was never any inclination that he ever felt he wasn’t going to get out.

“He always felt ‘this is something I got to go through, I’ll be out of here in a flash, it’s not a big deal’.

“So it was rather surprising to me when he died in jail.”

When asked whether he thought Epstein was murdered, Mr Kuvin said: “I don’t know. I’m not one for wild speculation.

“I deal in reality and proof and evidence.

“And what I could tell you is that the evidence is circumstantial but overwhelming that it was not suicide.”

Depraved Epstein was found unresponsive by guards early on August 10, 2019, by guards in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City.

They performed CPR before he was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Epstein’s death was ruled as suicide by hanging – which was challenged by his own lawyers.

The jail had been told Epstein should have a cellmate, and that a guard must check on him every 30 minutes.

But on the night he died, his cellmate was transferred and not replaced and he was not checked on as often as required.

Two guards fell asleep at their desks – and later falsified their records.

Meanwhile, two cameras in front of Epstein’s cell malfunctioned that night – while another’s footage was “unusable”.

Protocol was also broken by removing Epstein’s body from his call and failing to photograph it as it was found.

The Bureau of Prisons mandates that suicide scenes be treated with the “same level of protection as any crime scene in which a death has occurred”.

Epstein’s death came just two weeks after another apparent suicide attempt when he was found unconscious with a bedsheet twisted round his bruised neck.

Mr Kuvin believes this catalogue of “mistakes” coupled with Epstein’s personality could suggest Epstein didn’t take his own life.

The lawyer, who represented three of Epstein’s victims, told how the paedo had an “overly confident” nature – and brazenly believed he had done nothing wrong.

Mr Kuvin, who sat down for several mediation sessions with Epstein, said his mood would just “flip”.

Mugshot of Jeffrey Epstein.
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Epstein poses for a mugshot after being charged with procuring a minor for prostitution on July 25, 2013 in Florida[/caption]
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at a Wall Street concert.
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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell – who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking – pictured in 2005[/caption]
Page of prison documents detailing Jeffrey Epstein's activities.
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A page of more than 4,000 pages of documents obtained relating to Epstein’s death[/caption]

He said: “He was overly confident. He was engaging, friendly and disarming – until he was upset, at which point it was like a switch flipped.

“He always thought he was the smartest one in the room, you could tell by how he spoke to people.

“If they challenged him or questioned him, he made them feel like they were stupid.

“Whenever I saw him, knowing I was his adversary, he would still try and engage in casual conversation and try to be friendly.

“Then if I got adversarial with him, you could tell that there was a switch that would flip.

“He would try to make you feel like you didn’t know what you were talking about and were stupid.”

Top pathologist Dr Michael Baden previously told how he believed a “tell-tale sign” indicted Epstein was murdered.

Dr Baden, New York City’s former chief medical examiner, said he believes the paedo was most likely strangled – and  “a number of people would have to be involved”.

He was overly confident. He was engaging, friendly and disarming – until he was upset, at which point it was like a switch flipped

Spencer Kuvin

He suspected foul play after being hired by Epstein’s family to observe his autopsy.

Dr Baden said there were worrying signs “from day one” of the autopsy claiming the bone injuries found were more indicative of homicide strangulation.

He added: “Hanging does not cause these broken bones. Homicide does.”

During his autopsy, Epstein was found to have broken his hyoid bone.

Although hyoid breaks can occur during a hanging, experts say the fracture is more common in strangulation victims.

It comes as bombshell court documents revealed new details about Prince Andrew’s friendship with Epstein – and contradict the royal’s claims.

Andrew told Epstein they should “play some more soon!” in an email – two months after he claimed he cut off contact with the paedo.

Jeffrey Epstein autopsy images showing neck fractures.
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Photos of fractures the disgraced financier suffered that are said to be more consistent with homicide by strangulation rather than suicide[/caption]
Courtroom sketch of Jeffrey Epstein at a bail hearing.
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Epstein looks on during a bail hearing in July 2019[/caption]

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