Russian soldier gives Krasnoyarsk students a disturbing message

A Russian soldier addressing students at a start-of-school ceremony in Krasnoyarsk told them that learning how a Kalashnikov works would help make the world speak Russian.

Aleksandr Klaus, who went to the front in 2023, quoted the late nationalist politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky during the event. “As one politician said, if you want the whole world to speak Russian, learn how a Kalashnikov assault rifle works,” he told the students. He ended by saying, “Victory will be ours.”

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As one politician said, if you want the whole world to speak Russian, learn how a Kalashnikov assault rifle works.

Klaus served as a machine gunner, was wounded and suffered a concussion. After returning to Krasnoyarsk, he began regularly meeting pupils and students to conduct what are called “Courage Lessons.”

The event formed part of a wider practice in which participants in Russia’s war in Ukraine were invited to ceremonies marking the beginning of the school year.

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Victory will be ours.