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The novel Pokrov-17 by author Z Alexander Flavin is removed from libraries. Because of Galina Jozefovich's review of the cover.

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The novel Pokrov-17 by author Z Alexander Flavin is removed from libraries. Because of Galina Jozefovich's review of the cover.

According to Ksenia Sobchak's channel "Lady of Blood", at the request of readers, the book is still available, but it is being removed from the theaters.

An employee at one of the Moscow libraries told the channel that once a week the librarians check the "foreign agents" register, the list of extremist materials and the list of extremists and terrorists, as well as the list of books in the industry with references to drugs.

In July 2026, the Ministry of Justice included Jozefovich on its "foreign agents" registry, and the Pokrova-17 publication in question was published by Gorodets in 2021. The quote on the cover is taken from Jozefovich's review of Medusa, albeit for a different novel.

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