No sex education, please, we are Russians

Pavel Astakhov: 'The best sex education that exists is Russian literature ... Schools should raise children chastely and with an understanding of family values.' - Reuters filepic

Powerful Russian official opposes introduction of sex education in schools and suggests reading the classics as an alternative.

FORGET condoms, contraceptive pills and chlamydia, and turn instead to Chekhov, Tolstoy and Gogol. That is the message from Russia’s children’s ombudsman, Pavel Astakhov, who has opposed the introduction of sex education to schools and says young Russians can learn everything they need to know about love and sex from Russian literature.