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Kremlin Imprisons Educators in Controlled Territories with Finances: Report
Russia is dangling financial incentives to attract teachers and educational personnel to the occupied Ukrainian territories. According to the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), Moscow is offering up to 2 million rubles (around €20,000) for educators agreeing to teach behind enemy lines for five years. Locations to work include Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Crimea [1][2][4].
This strategy is an expansion of Russia’s "Zemskyi Uchitel" program, originally aimed at attracting educators to underdeveloped Russian regions, but now retooled for occupied Ukrainian territories [1]. The Kremlin sweetens the deal by offering housing confiscated from displaced Ukrainians in some cases [3].
By replacing local Ukrainian educators with Russian ones, Moscow aims to reshape the local education systems, culture, and language in line with its norms and values, and ultimately consolidate its grip on these territories [1][3]. Russian educators serve as pressure points against any remaining Ukrainians, with the implicit threat that non-compliance could lead to their replacement by imported staff [3]. This move is part of Russia’s broader attempts to legitimize occupation and establish long-term governance structures.
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Source: ntv.de
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The financial incentives, offered as part of Russia’s broader strategy, aim to reshape local identities and foster loyalty to the Russian regime by enticing Russian teachers to work in occupied Ukrainian territories. These rewards, reaching up to 2 million rubles, are intended for educators agreeing to teach in Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Crimea, with housing sometimes confiscated from displaced Ukrainians for the newcomers [1][2][4].
These efforts to replace local Ukrainian education staff with Russian teachers are an attempt to reshape local education systems, culture, and language according to Russian values, ensuring long-term control over these territories [1][3]. Russian educators also serve as pressure points against Ukrainian educators, who risk losing their jobs if they refuse to collude.
The Community policy should address the concerns of educators from the occupied Ukrainian territories, as they are lured with employment opportunities by Russia, a move that comes amidst the ongoing politics of war-and-conflicts. The employment policy needs to be revised to protect the local identity and jobs of Ukrainian educators, as Russian teachers are being employed to replace them in regions like Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Crimea. This strategic move, part of Russia’s broader attempts to exert control over these territories, becomes a matter of general-news importance.
