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WhiteTara

(29,718 posts)
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 12:34 AM Mar 2019

Russia to Re-Educate 'Brainwashed' Youth in Patriotic Camps

I have no idea about the veracity of this article. I'm not sure about the Moscow Times. But I thought I'd share and get your input. I'll check in the morning.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/03/13/russia-to-re-educate-brainwashed-youth-in-patriotic-camps-a64787



Russia plans to send delinquent youngsters to military-patriotic re-education camps and to install special software blocking banned websites in schools, the head of Russia’s Security Council has said.

President Vladimir Putin created a patriotic directorate inside the Russian army last summer, evoking memories of a Soviet practice that once taught soldiers the tenets of Marxism. Observers noted that Putin's move could signal the start of a wider renaissance in ideological education that would spread to schools and colleges.


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Russia to Re-Educate 'Brainwashed' Youth in Patriotic Camps (Original Post) WhiteTara Mar 2019 OP
The Moscow Times is a reputable site dalton99a Mar 2019 #1
thanks. I hesitated all day WhiteTara Mar 2019 #4
It is a respectable publication owned by a Dutch group. Putin hates it. dalton99a Mar 2019 #5
Yeah, Moscow Times is legit, not to be confused with Russian state media. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2019 #6
Whenever I see 're-educate' and 'brain-wash' in the same sentence,.. Chin music Mar 2019 #2
The more things change..... LuvNewcastle Mar 2019 #3
So Russia is going to create their own Fox News? scheming daemons Mar 2019 #7

WhiteTara

(29,718 posts)
4. thanks. I hesitated all day
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 09:39 AM
Mar 2019

because I couldn't find substantiating articles. But it was so scary that I had to let it out. It reminds me of the Uighers in Mongolia.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
6. Yeah, Moscow Times is legit, not to be confused with Russian state media.
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 09:48 AM
Mar 2019

It is geared more towards westerners.

Chin music

(23,002 posts)
2. Whenever I see 're-educate' and 'brain-wash' in the same sentence,..
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 12:42 AM
Mar 2019

I can't help but think of 'The Killing Fields".
The story was short, but, it wouldn't surprise me a bit.

LuvNewcastle

(16,846 posts)
3. The more things change.....
Thu Mar 14, 2019, 12:54 AM
Mar 2019

Getting rid of communism hasn’t done the Russians much good. It seems like the world is moving more and more toward totalitarian capitalism. The only way it’s better than totalitarian communism is there’s more items on the shelf when you go shopping.

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