The largest chain in Estonia will stop selling books in Russian starting in 2027.
Only educational literature in the Russian language from local suppliers will remain on sale. Apollo's marketing manager, Ardo Karas, explained this decision due to difficulties in renewing the range of products.
The retail space emptying Russian books will be used for Estonian children's literature and literature, English books, board games and gifts.
Problems with the supply of literature in Russian in Estonia have been noted since 2022, when books from Russian publishing houses began to enter the country through improved customs checks.
Estonia's second largest book chain, Raba's Book, was looking for suppliers of Russian-language books outside Russia, as it did not want to remove them from sale.