The Independent journal People of Baikal profiled the Batrakov brothers: one who's stateside, the other on the front lines of Ukraine.

Russian teenagers become military volunteers for an idea, and to enter universities.

Kevin Lik, an outstanding high schooler from Adygea, was convicted of espionage. His mother tells his story.

We inaugurate a series in which we ask those who fled Russia in the wake of Russia’s War on Ukraine to offer telling short stories or vignettes about their new life abroad.

A trans woman from St. Petersburg was forced to pull her child from school because of her gender. 

From pressuring teens to abort to denying requested abortions, orphanages in Russia often mishandle pregnancy cases. 

Russian schoolchildren will learn to operate drones in courses designed to teach "life-safety."

A young woman flees the capital to Siberia, to teach in a rural school for a year.

A paramilitary summer camp along the Volga gets the indoctrination started early.

Her pen pal was purportedly the daughter of the Last Tsarevich, who of course lived in Queens.

A Khabarovsk gym teacher's charity provides kids with sports gear. 

Schools in Belgorod are adapting to teaching near a war zone.