New history textbooks presented in Russia

    A photograph, which shows Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian-installed leaders in Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions Denis Pushilin, Leonid Pasechnik, Vladimir Saldo and Yevgeny Balitsky during a ceremony held at the Great Kremlin Palace in Moscow to declare the annexation of the Russian-controlled territories of these regions, is seen on a page of the chapter “Russia Today – The Special Military Operation” in the newly published textbook for school children entitled “History of Russia 1945 – the start of 21st Century” in this illustration picture taken August 10, 2023. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/Illustration