A Russian college in west London has been educating its pupils easy methods to assemble weapons and throw grenades as a part of a strict anti-western curriculum.
The Russian Embassy College in Notting Hill is attended by the kids of some identified and suspected Russian spies in addition to Soviet diplomats working within the UK.
They’re taught on historical past classes that Ukraine is a ‘puppet of the West’ that has got down to ‘destabilise’ Russia, whereas they follow lobbing hand grenades by throwing tennis balls throughout PE.
Within the final tutorial 12 months, the college curriculum additionally included a category named ‘fight properties of the Kalashnikov assault rifle’, by which pupils would discover ways to assemble and fireplace the weapon, in accordance with The Occasions.
Pupils returned to courses on the college on Monday, together with 1000’s of others colleges throughout the UK, with photos displaying them hoisting the Russian tricolour flag and singing the nationwide anthem within the playground.
Pupils attending the Russian Embassy college in London are seen singing the Russian nationwide anthem on Monday after they returned to courses following the summer season break
Different pupils was additionally seen hoisting the Russian tricolour flag as they took half within the again to highschool meeting
The Russian Embassy College in Notting Hill is attended by the kids of some identified and suspected Russian spies in addition to Soviet diplomats working within the UK
The Russian embassy’s deputy ambassador Alexander Gusarov at present serves because the headteacher and it’s believed his youngsters attend the college.
Ukrainian open-source intelligence company Molfar has beforehand accused the 42-year-old of appearing as an undercover spy for Moscow’s overseas intelligence service, referred to as SVR.
Different dad and mom of pupils on the college are thought to incorporate Colonel Maxim Elovik who served because the Russian embassy’s defence attaché till he was expelled from the UK in Might after he was unmasked as a high spy.
Elovik had been in Britain for round a decade and was a additionally an assistant army attaché at Russia’s embassy within the US.
Round 100 pupils are thought to attend the college, 60 of that are aged between seven and 18 who take courses for 5 days per week over three phrases every year.
The remaining 40 or so attend courses within the night.
Of those round three quarters have dad and mom who work on the Russian embassy or the commerce mission, whereas the remaining are considered the kids of Russian dad and mom residing in Britain or youngsters of these working on the Belarus embassy.
Colonel Maxim Elovik, (pictured) was expelled from his function as defence attaché in Might on the grounds that he was an ‘undeclared army intelligence officer’
Pupils, a few of which maintain British citizenship or twin nationality, are required to have information of the Russian language.
Mother and father who aren’t diplomatic officers are made to pay charges of lower than £1000 12 months, in accordance with The Occasions.
The varsity is simply half a mile away from the Russian embassy and is located in a Russian Victorian townhouse.
Upon coming into the college pupils are greeted with a portrait of Vladimir Putin which hangs within the hallway entrance.
Lecturers should observe the Russian state curriculum, with propagandised historical past classes that current the conflict in Ukraine as a part of Russia’s historic mission.
Lesson plans for the final tutorial 12 months reportedly revealed how older pupils have been taught hour lengthy courses in battlefield maneuvers, army indicators, and first assist for fight conditions each week, in accordance with The Occasions.
One former pupil, who left the college in 2022 however didn’t wish to be named, instructed the newspaper that pupils additionally follow throwing grenades utilizing tennis balls.
Footage from the college’s sports activities day earlier this 12 months present youngsters participating in aggressive bandaging and crossbow capturing.
A girl is seen main a gaggle of younger college youngsters throughout the playground on Monday
Pupils additionally dressed up in Purple Military, the army drive of the Russian Soviet Republic, whereas celebrating Victory Day, which commemorates the nation’s victory over the Nazis in 1945, in accordance with The Occasions.
The varsity doesn’t come underneath the jurisdiction of the Division for Schooling or the colleges inspectorate.
It is because it’s topic to diplomatic exemptions as a department of the Russian embassy.
There are round 80 different Russian embassy colleges positioned around the globe, though one college in Warsaw was shut down by the Polish authorities final 12 months in a transfer branded as an ‘invasion’ by the Kremlin.
