Russia provides an updated lesson in distorting history

From September, Russian high school students in the 11th grade — aged roughly 17 — will use a new textbook for studying modern history. Because the book covers events up to the present day, they will learn that "Ukraine is an ultranationalist state. Today, any dissent in Ukraine is severely persecuted, opposition is banned, everything Russian is declared hostile."

In full conformity with the Kremlin's worldview, the book also teaches that "the United States has become the main beneficiary of the Ukrainian conflict . . . The United States is determined to fight 'to the last Ukrainian'."