How Russia teaches children to hate the West: excerpts from the official Russian history textbook
Russia is not only waging war against Ukraine — it is also shaping a new generation raised on propaganda and falsified history.
“The U.S. blew up Nord Stream for profit.”
“NATO spent decades preparing Ukraine to attack Russia.”
“The West dreams of carving up Russia and fuels Russophobia.”
“Ukraine is a NATO project — an anti-Russia.”
“Russia is merely defending itself in the war against Ukraine.”
These are not quotes from fringe media — they come from Russia’s official high-school history textbook used today by 11th-graders.
And inside this total demonization of the West now live 1.6 million Ukrainian children who remain under occupation. They are forced to learn that their country is a Western invention, and that the U.S. and NATO are their “enemy.” The goal of this system-wide propaganda is clear: erase the children’s identity, justify future aggression, and prepare them for participation in this war.
Inside Russia, this “education” is shaping a generation that will truly believe America is an existential threat to the Russian people.
We must understand the scale of the danger: what Russia is putting into the minds of its teenagers today will become state policy tomorrow — just as it happened with the war against Ukraine.
The most revealing fragments of the textbook below.

The textbook claims the U.S. blew up Nord Stream “to enrich American corporations,” presenting it as proof that America is an enemy not only of Russia but of Europe too.

Students are taught that NATO allegedly spent years preparing a “strike on Russia,” expanded through “deception,” and sought to “destabilize the situation inside Russia.”
This creates a manufactured external threat — something “to fight against.”

Ukraine is described as an “anti-Russia,” created by the West specifically for war with Moscow. On occupied territories, this message is used to convince children that Ukraine is a “hostile entity.”

The textbook claims Ukraine is responsible for all shelling of Donbas and all civilian casualties — with no mention of Russian troops, occupation, or Kremlin-controlled armed groups.

11th-graders are told that the U.S. built “secret biolabs” in Ukraine that “threatened Russia.”
This is presented as one of the reasons for the “forced operation.”

Russia explains the war by claiming Ukraine was “preparing an attack on Crimea,” and that such an attack would have meant “the end of civilization.”
This is how schoolchildren are taught that aggression is “self-defense.”

The West is accused of “stealing $300 billion,” trying “to destroy Russia’s economy,” and carrying out a “blockade.”
This creates a convenient, ever-present external enemy.

Teenagers are told that Russia is not fighting Ukraine, but “the NATO army,” and that Ukraine “uses civilians as a shield.”
Millions of Russian teenagers read these narratives every day. This is how a generation is molded to justify war, occupation, and violence.
And 1.6 million Ukrainian children in temporarily occupied territories live under the same information regime — without alternatives, without a voice, and without access to the truth.
Our mission is to rescue them, protect them, and help restore their Ukrainian identity.
