Russian teacher forces student to kneel and strikes him during ‘patriotic’ lesson, claims pro-Kremlin youth group members staged a provocation
A physical education teacher from the village of Kosulino in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Pavel Kudrin, made a ninth-grader kneel and struck him on the back during an “Important Conversations” class, Yekaterina Mizulina reported. According to the class monitor, the student and his friends had been insulting the teacher and disrupting classes. The teacher himself told Yekaterinburg’s Channel Four that the…
In a village in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, a physical education teacher named Pavel Kudrin reportedly forced a ninth-grade student to kneel and physically struck him during a class known as “Important Conversations,” according to Yekaterina Mizulina. The student and his companions allegedly had been insulting the teacher and disrupting classes, prompting the instructor to take such measures.
Kudrin himself informed Yekaterinburg’s Channel Four that the class had staged a provocation against him, which was instigated by members of a pro-Kremlin youth group called “Yunarmiya.” The prosecutor’s office is currently investigating the incident. In response to the event, Kudrin decided to resign. At Meduza, our commitment to transparency is a priority.
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