{"id":93290,"date":"2025-08-29T07:28:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T04:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/from-the-front-line-to-the-office-the-russian-school-is-becoming-increasingly-militarized\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T07:28:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T04:28:56","slug":"from-the-front-line-to-the-office-the-russian-school-is-becoming-increasingly-militarized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/en\/from-the-front-line-to-the-office-the-russian-school-is-becoming-increasingly-militarized\/","title":{"rendered":"From the front line to the office! The Russian school is becoming increasingly militarized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"176\" data-end=\"590\"><strong>A veteran of the war in Ukraine has been appointed as interim director of a school in Ekaterinburg. Vladimir Sterhov, a former combatant in the &#8220;special military operation&#8221;, has become the leader of school number 43 in the city &#8211; being the first such appointment in the Urals region. In his inaugural speech, he declared that he will build the &#8220;school of the future&#8221; and together with his team, will &#8220;educate a generation of worthy people&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"592\" data-end=\"1010\">Previously, Sterhov was the deputy for security and law at School No. 47 in the same city and taught the discipline of &#8220;basics of life security&#8221; (OBJ). He volunteered to go to the front in February 2022 as a dog trainer and returned no later than the fall of the same year. 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