Something Is Wrong With Russia’s Children (Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic)

As violence has come to surround Russian youth, many seem to have become more violent themselves.

"When the boy, identified by prosecutors as Timofey K., arrived at his school, located outside Moscow, he went to the bathroom to put on his gear, which he’d branded with neo-Nazi symbols and racist slogans. Then he filmed himself patrolling the hallways and asking people, at knifepoint, what nationality they were. Several gave the wrong answer, and Timofey stabbed them. Most survived, but a 10-year-old boy from a Tajik family did not..."

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/01/russia-children-violence-war/685635/