Russian schoolchildren will begin to be taught "service": #ShameReview from "NotMoscow"
Starting September 1, 2026, "Service Learning: First Steps" will become a mandatory school curriculum for grades 10 and 11. Students will be able to undertake assignments for government agencies, businesses, and non-profit organizations, the Minister of Education announced. Sergei Kravtsov.
However, the "Service Learning. First" program website lists among the best social projects developed by its participants a mini-kitchen for soldiers, a mobile field dryer for clothes and shoes, and a notebook with biographies of "heroes of the SVO."
As usual, we've compiled the most cringeworthy news of the past week for you:
🤯 Amid rising cucumber prices, Russians should grow them at home, according to a State Duma deputy. Nikita ChaplinHe even offered advice for future indoor gardeners: choose the right seeds, find the brightest spot in your home, water your cucumbers with room-temperature water, and don't forget about fertilizer.
🤯 Minister of Sports Mikhail Degtyarev threatened to ban entry to Russians who changed their sports citizenship. "Here we feed them, educate them, provide them with coaches, and facilities—and then he throws down his passport and leaves. Deprive him of everything, ban him from entering the country and using our sports facilities." — Degtyarev stated.
🤯 Founder of the Tsargrad TV channel Konstantin Malofeev gave an introductory lecture to the "History of Empire" course for Moscow State University students. He began with a quote from Vladimir Putin about the war with Ukraine, spoke about the decline of modern civilization and the colonization of Russia America, showed a photo from the files Epstein (it featured a satirical painting of the former American president Bill Clinton in a blue dress).
🤯 Question about return Barnaul The title of "capital of the world" will be discussed at Rospatent. According to experts, the necessary documents are already being analyzed—all with the goal of making this concept universally applicable to all city residents.
🤯 In Pyongyang A street was opened in honor of North Korean soldiers who died in battle in the Kursk region. The official opening was held by the leader DPRK Kim Chen In.
🤯 "Head of Sberbank Hermann Gref He proposed paying officials more to "prevent corrupt fools from gaining power." Officials need help "maintaining a basic, non-poverty lifestyle" because there are "a lot of people in the civil service who have no reserves."
And if you're also interested: according to leaked data, Gref's annual salary reaches 2,8 billion rubles.
