Many historians agree that school history textbooks shouldn’t cover current events – some historical distance is usually necessary to make sense of an era. But that rule clearly doesn’t apply to Russia’s new state-approved textbooks , curated and partially written by Putin’s aide Vladimir Medinsky. The new grade 11 textbook doesn’t just cover the events of the past 20 years, it includes an entire chapter on the war that’s still ongoing: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The reason is simple. These