Deputy Ostanina proposed reinstating basic military training after a controversial photo shoot with a machine gun at a Chelyabinsk school.

State Duma deputy Nina Ostanina reacted to the photograph of the teacher directs She pointed a machine gun at kneeling students. She stated on her Telegram channel that the incident requires a thorough investigation.

"In this case, we're talking about a joke that's beyond the pale. After all, anyone who's ever been to a shooting range knows: it's absolutely forbidden to point any weapon, even an unloaded one, at someone!" - writes Ostanina. 

As a solution to the problem, she proposed bringing back full-fledged basic military training to schools so that children and teachers know what is and is not allowed to do with weapons. 

The publication 74.ru, which was the first to publish the photo, talked with the school principal Victor NovikovHe called the situation "ugly" and promised to take action, but did not specify what. He said the teacher has been working at the school for 13 years, loves her job, and is a mother of many children, with positive reviews. 

There were also parents who stood up for the teacher. A representative of the parents' committee Diana Бондарь She explained this by saying that the children and the teacher were tired of the standard footage. 

“The class teacher, of course, talked to them first: whether it was necessary or not, whether it was a good idea, but everyone unanimously decided that it would be great.”