Ukraine has banned the import of 38 books of the Russian publishing house

The Customs Service of Ukraine has published a list of 38 books published in Russia that are prohibited from import to Ukraine. Among the banned publications are books by far-right philosopher Alexander Dugin, known for his support of the Novorossiya project, television and radio host Sergei Dorenko, writer Eduard Limonov, and adviser to President Putin, economist Sergei Glazyev.

As noted in the Ukrainian department, the ban was introduced “in order to prevent the use of information warfare and disinformation methods against citizens of Ukraine, the spread of the ideology of misanthropy, fascism, xenophobia and separatism, and to stop attacks on the territorial integrity and the state structure defined by the Constitution of Ukraine.”

Full list of prohibited books on the website of the customs administration in Kirovograd region of Ukraine.

The ban in the Internet era

It is reported that with a request to include these books in the list of goods prohibited for importation into the territory of Ukraine, the Ukrainian State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting spoke in mid-July. In early August, the customs service approved the request.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, commented on this step on her Facebook with a quote from the work “Woe from Wit.” Zakharova cited a dialogue between the characters, ending with the phrase “take all the books and burn them.”

One of the authors who fell under the ban, Sergey Dorenko, noted that it is hardly effective to prohibit books in the Internet era. However, he denied that he was the author of one of the books prohibited by Kiev.

List by List

At the end of last week, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine announced list of 14 cultural figureswhich, according to the SBU, pose a threat to the national security of Ukraine.

The list includes mainly Russian actors and singers: Egor Kholmogorov, Mikhail Khazin, Oleg Gazmanov, Iosif Kobzon, singer Valeria (Perfilova), Iosif Prigogine, Sergey Bezrukov, Mikhail Boyarsky, Nikolai Rastorguev, Ivan Okhlobystin, Mikhail Porechenkov, Grigory Leps, Nikolai Rastorguev, Ivan Okhlobystin, Mikhail Porechenkov, Grigory Leps, aa received Russian citizenship Gerard Depardieu.

The reason for the inclusion in the list were the statements of these Russians in support of the annexation of the Crimea or the armed supporters of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk "people's republics".

The ministry promised to expand the list if in the future new requests will be received from the Security Service of Ukraine.