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Head of the Investigative Committee of Russia Instructs to Analyze Content of Ukrainian History Textbooks

As part of the investigation of criminal cases on the events in Donbass, Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia A. I. Bastrykin has instructed the Main Investigative Department of the IC of Russia to analyze the content of Ukrainian history textbooks together with history specialists and to give a legal evaluation to the fact that Ukrainian school textbooks instill hatred of Russia and the Russian language in children.

The Ukrainian authorities carried out this work systematically and purposefully.

The Ministry of Education of Russia stated that Ukrainian textbooks distorted history.

It was noted that the materials distorted the historical truth and falsified history.

In this regard, A. I. Bastrykin instructed the investigators, in cooperation with historians, to study this information and to legally evaluate these facts as part of the investigation of the initiated criminal cases.