Employees Who Refused to Censor Books Were Fired from Eksmo-AST

Employees Who Refused to Censor Books Were Fired from Eksmo-AST

Some employees of the Eksmo-AST publishing group who refused to work under the new censorship rules tied to new Russian laws were fired from the company, Eksmo-AST president Oleg Novikov said in an interview with the program Vesti.

“Some people could not keep working. We have employees who resigned. Some we fired ourselves because the person was not ready or, one might even say, did not want to comply with the requirements that the law imposes today,” Novikov said on VGTRK.

According to him, after the “publishers’ case,” the company “drew all the necessary conclusions,” revised its internal policies and instructions, and “seriously tightened” its regulations.

💜Earlier, Verstka reported on how an underground literature industry emerged in Russia because of the bans.

A shadow market has formed around banned texts, from secret resale on marketplaces to pirated paper reprints and closed online libraries.

How this industry works, who profits from it, and why readers in Russia still read banned books, read in Verstka’s report (with VPN):

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