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Zoom bombing, a la Russe takes a dirty turn.

"Because of the coronavirus, I voiced the idea of considering the possibility of not conducting the Unified State Exam this year…”

- Oleg Smolin, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Education and Science

If the All-Russian Teachers' Union gets their way, a fine could take the place of detention.

As if trapped in a time warp, a remote village school in the Mari El Republic preserves a largely forgotten style of schooling, mostly cut off from the twenty-first century.

Five Russian oblasts have schooled the rest in good socio-economic policy, according to recent awards from the Expert Institute of Social Research.

A few insights to help you make it through Russian 101, from someone who's got a little experience.

“My personal opinion: any child loves running, jumping, drawing, singing, And maybe not everyone can do it ‘perfectly,’ but to give a student a ‘C’ (‘troika’) just because they lack a musical ear is, in my opinion, not right.”

– Education Minister Olga Vasilyeva

Pie not in the sky, vampires against anti-vaxxers, cooks for cats… not to mention self-improvement in advance of the New Year