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The law’s broad definition of educational activities is described as creating practical barriers to inviting speakers and running afterschool programs. 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Moscow, Russia, September 2, 2019. Photo coutesy of Shutterstock  \nShooting at Sparrows with a Cannon: Russia’s Counterproductive Law on Education  \nBy Kathleen E. Smith and Orest Mahlay  \nRussian youth are under threat. At least, that is the perspective of some Russian lawmakers. The explanatory note accompanying a draft amendment to the Russian Federal Law on Education declared:“The absence of appropriate legal regulation creates the preconditions for the uncontrolled realization by anti-Russian forces of a wide range of propaganda activities—including those supported from abroad and aimed at discrediting the state policies of the Russian Federation, revision of history, and undermining of the constitutional order—among school children and  \nstudents.”1 The legislation’s sponsor, Yelena Afanasyeva, introduced the measure in December 2020 with the claim that the bill was in response to a “long game” being carried out by “foreign grants, foreign foundations, and foreign embassies.”2  \nRegulating enrichment programs has proved controversial and complicated. In practice, the amendment as signed into law by President Putin in April 2021 places roadblocks in the way of inviting any speaker into a Russian school or allowing any volunteer to run afterschool activities. Analysis of the legislative  \nKENNAN CABLE No. 72 l October 2021  \nhistory of the law on educational activities [prosvetitel’skaia deiatel’nost’] demonstrates both the priorities of the Putin regime and the flaws of its rubber stamp legislature.  \nBringing Order to the Sphere of Education  \nHow did a proposal to “protect” young people end up threatening to deprive them of access to afterschool drama clubs and talks by astronauts and war veterans? The new law attempts to regulate educational activities [prosvetitel’skaia deiatel’nost’] . The key Russian word in the law, prosveshchenie, can be translated as education or enlightenment and carries a positive connotation: It implies the charitable and noble aim of spreading knowledge. Lawmakers needed a concrete definition for educational activities, but only came up with avery broad characterization: “activities carried out outside the bounds of official educational programs that are aimed at the dissemination of knowledge, abilities, skills, development of values, experience and competence for the purpose of intellectual, spiritual-moral, creative, physical and/or professional development of a person, satisfaction of his educational needs and interests.”3 In short, the law would cover all kinds of sharing of knowledge.  \nThe law bans using enrichment activities for“inciting social, racial, national or religious hatred;”communicating “inaccurate information about the historical, national, religious and cultural traditions of peoples;” or “inciting activities that contradict the Constitution of the Russian Federation.” A second aspect of the law empowers the federal government to review and potentially refuse permission for projects that involve cooperation with foreign actors.4  \nWith its sweeping definition of educational activities, the law seems likely to affect everyone from professionals who share their knowledge with the public to enthusiasts who run extracurricular clubs for children. The bill’s sponsors recognized that their law would affect tens of thousands of educators, not just school teachers, but also university professors and experts from the Academy of Sciences. The sponsors argued that the high demand for educational content justified the need to establish regulatory norms.5 The scenarios raised by the law’s supporters in the first reading in the Duma, however, had little to do with typical enrichment activities.  \nThe sponsors invoked geopolitical threats—including from ISIS and unspecified Soros-funded programs. Deputy Vyacheslav Nikonov warned against all sorts of Western-financed initiatives, blaming them for having t","cbCaiabq4VFZHoE4","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiabq4VFZHoE4","pdf",2255122,11,"English","# Background and legislative rationale\n## Alleged foreign influence and “long game”\n# Impact on enrichment and afterschool activities\n## Broad definition of educational activities\n## Restrictions and federal review powers\n# Legislative history and intra-parliament debate\n## Supporters’ securitized framing\n## Opposition and proposed scope changes","[{\"question\":\"What concerns did the law’s sponsor use to justify the amendment?\",\"answer\":\"The sponsor, Yelena Afanasyeva, claimed the bill responded to a “long game” involving foreign grants, foundations, and embassies and to risks posed by anti-Russian propaganda activities affecting school children and students.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the amendment affect enrichment activities in Russian schools?\",\"answer\":\"By broadly defining educational activities and introducing roadblocks, it makes it harder to invite speakers to schools or allow volunteers to run afterschool activities, including public knowledge-sharing programs and extracurricular clubs.\"},{\"question\":\"What kind of restrictions does the law place on educational activities?\",\"answer\":\"It bans using enrichment activities to incite social, racial, national, or religious hatred; spreading inaccurate information about historical, national, religious, and cultural traditions; and promoting activities contradicting Russia’s constitution.\"}]","Shooting at Sparrows with a Cannon - Russia’s Counterproductive Law on Education | PDF",1792062161,28]