Almost half of the libraries in Russia have already been inspected by the security forces. At the same time, most librarians were not explained which books to hide - a survey of RSL 18+. This material (information) is produced, distributed and (or) directed by a foreign agent of "New Gas" or concerned with the activities of a foreign agent of "New Gas". 43.9% of libraries in Russia have already encountered law enforcement inspections, and 18.6% have received comments or orders. This was stated in the publication of the journal "The University Book" under the title "The Great Purge". Attention to the article attracted the writer Sergey Lardenko. The newspaper published the results of the research of the Russian State Library (RSL) - 490 libraries from 63 regions of Russia were studied there. Of these, 47.3 percent began conducting monthly checks of funds for prohibited substances, while another 24.5 percent were checked once a quarter. 71.8% of the librarians did not receive special training in dealing with forbidden literature. A third of the respondents complained about the lack of information and lack of clear instructions. In response, the library community proposed creating a federal methodological center that could develop guidelines for identifying, labeling, storing, and writing prohibited literature. In addition, library censorship is proposed to automate and record information about restrictions directly in the records of the national resources in the bibliography. Such a system is already being tested in the Irkutsk regional library. Earlier, "Novia" said that the ministry offered to keep in libraries already published books by "foreign agents" and "impossible" organizations. Otherwise, the libraries could lose more than half of their funds, the department warned. The Russian authorities are considered a "foreign agent".

Almost half of the libraries in Russia have already been inspected by the security forces. At the same time, most librarians were not explained which books to hide - a survey of RSL 18+. This material (information) is produced, distributed and (or) directed by a foreign agent of "New Gas" or concerned with the activities of a foreign agent of "New Gas". 43.9% of libraries in Russia have already encountered law enforcement inspections, and 18.6% have received comments or orders. This was stated in the publication of the journal "The University Book" under the title "The Great Purge". Attention to the article attracted the writer Sergey Lardenko. The newspaper published the results of the research of the Russian State Library (RSL) - 490 libraries from 63 regions of Russia were studied there. Of these, 47.3 percent began conducting monthly checks of funds for prohibited substances, while another 24.5 percent were checked once a quarter. 71.8% of the librarians did not receive special training in dealing with forbidden literature. A third of the respondents complained about the lack of information and lack of clear instructions. In response, the library community proposed creating a federal methodological center that could develop guidelines for identifying, labeling, storing, and writing prohibited literature. In addition, library censorship is proposed to automate and record information about restrictions directly in the records of the national resources in the bibliography. Such a system is already being tested in the Irkutsk regional library. Earlier, "Novia" said that the ministry offered to keep in libraries already published books by "foreign agents" and "impossible" organizations. Otherwise, the libraries could lose more than half of their funds, the department warned. The Russian authorities are considered a "foreign agent".