# Russian teacher forces student to kneel and strikes him during ‘patriotic’ lesson, claims pro-Kremlin youth group members staged a provocation

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/russian-teacher-forces-student-to-kneel-and-strikes-him-during-patriotic-lesson-claims-pro-kremlin-youth-group-members-staged-a-provocation/
- Published: 2026-11-11T13:31:40+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T14:37:18+00:00
- Original publisher: Meduza
- Original article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/11/11/russian-teacher-forces-student-to-kneel-and-strikes-him-during-patriotic-lesson-claims-pro-kremlin-youth-group-members-staged-a-provocation
- Topics: Europe, World

## Key points

- A teacher made a student kneel and struck him during a lesson.
- Prosecutors are investigating the incident in Sverdlovsk Oblast.
- The teacher says Yunarmiya members staged a provocation.

## Summary

A physical education teacher in Kosulino, Sverdlovsk Oblast, made a ninth-grade student kneel and struck him on the back during an “Important Conversations” lesson. The incident has prompted a prosecutor’s investigation, and the teacher has decided to resign.

A class monitor said the student and his friends had insulted the teacher and disrupted lessons. The teacher told local television that members of the pro-Kremlin youth group Yunarmiya had instigated a provocation against him. The article gives no further findings from the investigation.

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