Head of Russia’s Investigative Committee Orders Review of Grigory Oster’s Books

Head of Russia’s Investigative Committee ordered a review of the books by Grigory Oster

Alexander Bastrykin, chairman of Russia’s Investigative Committee, issued the order because his works contain “attitudes that are questionable from a pedagogical point of view,” the Investigative Committee’s press service reported.

A representative of the agency clarified to TASS that Bastrykin had ordered a review of the cycle of poems by writer Grigory Oster, “Bad Advice.”

Oster is known for the book “Bad Advice,” a collection of ironic poems in which children are encouraged to do the opposite.

In 2024, the Krasnoyarsk Krai prosecutor’s office demanded that the book “Bad Advice” be withdrawn from sale and destroyed, saying that it contained “depictions of cruelty, physical and psychological violence, and antisocial actions that cause fear, horror, or panic in children.”

After public attention, the prosecutor’s office announced that it would not demand the destruction of the book’s print run.

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