# Russia under Putin lost nearly half its schools as war propaganda fills the rest

https://mins.news/en/item/76786

- euronews, 2026-09-28 09:12 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/28/russia-under-putin-lost-nearly-half-its-schools-war-propaganda-fills-the-rest

> Per-pupil funding has made smaller rural schools unviable, driving closures at a pace far beyond demographic decline. Since 2022, every remaining school has been required to hold weekly lessons on Russian “traditional values” and the Kremlin’s account of the war in Ukraine.

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