The Kremlin is systematically expanding its influence on the education and leisure of Russian schoolchildren, forming a centralized model of ideological control. Key tools are state funding, media assets, and educational platforms controlled by structures close to the president.

This was reported by the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, reports Censor.NET .

As noted, the main supplier of school textbooks in the Russian Federation is the publishing house “Prosveshchenie”, which is under the control of the “Fin-Partner” foundation, which is associated with the Rotenberg brothers – long-time allies of Putin.

The Rostec state corporation, headed by Sergey Chemezov, oversees the development of tasks for science and technology clubs and competitions that involve tens of thousands of schoolchildren across the country.

Media consumption is largely controlled by Yuriy Kovalchuk’s structures. His assets include National Media Group, Gazprom-Media, and VK, the owner of the new messenger Max, which is actively promoted among young people.

Foreign intelligence reports indicate that in 2025, the Russian government plans to spend 66 billion rubles on patriotic education programs.

Of these, 20 billion will be spent on financing the “Movement of the Firsts” movement, which is equal to the annual budget of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, where the level of gasification of the housing stock does not exceed 30%.

In parallel, the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation is planning a large-scale expansion of the video surveillance system.

By 2030, another 5 million cameras with facial recognition function are to be installed in the regions. The total budget of the project is 12 billion rubles. As of today, more than 68 subjects of the federation have already integrated the technology, and the number of active cameras has exceeded 1 million units.

Author:  Natalia Dzhuma Джерело: https://censor.net/ua/n3572594

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