In Russia, a new passage inciting hatred toward Lithuania and Poland has been added to a textbook
In the new edition of the unified Russian history textbook for 7th grade, the description of the Moscow State’s relations with Lithuania and Poland in the 16th century has been changed. Now, students are told that the rulers of these states allegedly “hated Russians more than they hated Crimeans.”
Previously, the textbook stated that Lithuania “feared Russia’s growing power more than the raids of the Crimean Khanate,” but this wording has been replaced with a claim of alleged hatred toward Russians.
The textbook was edited by Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to the Russian president. The changes came amid an intensifying Russian information campaign against the Baltic states.
At the same time, Russian authorities continue to accuse Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia of “Russophobia” and “oppression of the Russian-speaking population.” Since the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, the Baltic states have restricted entry for Russian citizens and dismantled a number of Soviet monuments.
Source: The Moscow Times.
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