Exiled teacher reveals Vladimir Putins indoctrination of Russian school kids in startling documentary

A stunning documentary is exposing Vladimir Putin’s deep-rooted indoctrination of Russian schoolchildren as the strongman’s invasion of Ukraine approaches its four-year anniversary.“Mr.Nobody Against Putin” follows kids in a Siberian town – secretly filmed by Pavel “Pasha” Talankin, 34, one of their now exiled teachers – as they are transformed into mini Russian fighters, marching through the hallways and pledging allegiance to the Kremlin.“We filmed undercover in Pasha’s school for two and a half years, knowing that any misstep could result in Pasha losing his freedom,” co-director David Borenstein, who co-directed the film with Talankin, told The Post. “His courage is at the heart of the story.”Set in the industrial city of Karabash – notoriously known as one of the most polluted places on Earth –Talankin filmed inside the local high school where he worked as a videographer, following life after a Russia Education Ministry edict installed a new curriculum aimed at pushing loyalty to the Kremlin.“I love my job,” he says in the documentary, “but I don’t want to be a pawn of the regime.”After studying film in Russia’s regional capital of Chelyabinsk, Talankin returned home to work at Karabash School No.

1 where he previously graduated from. Armed with just a camera, he outwardly complied with Putin’s propaganda push while discreetly documenting it.While Putin continues to wage his war on Ukraine, the school is seen transforming into a pipeline to the bloody conflict.Students compete in grenade-throwing drills, attend weekly patriotic lectures and watch classmates receive conscription notices, according to the documentary. Shortly after the end of the school year in 2024, Talankin made his daring escape, fleeing Moscow for Istanbul, where he met Borenstein for the first time.“For anyone that watches this, the message that Putin is delivering to the children of Russia is clear: prepare for a future of warfare and empir...