The book chain "Read-Gorod" spent 100 million rubles on destroying "forbidden" books. The head of the largest book chain "Chitai-Ir - Bookbud" Alexander Brychkin said that the cost of removing books from sale that do not comply with the so-called "new laws" amounted to about 100 million rubles. According to him, the publishing business suffers enormous losses, since it is impossible to return goods to suppliers, and books must be disposed of at their expense as "toxic waste". "The book has been sold for a long time. Let's say it was published a long time ago by some publisher. This publisher had an editor read the book. This book, at the time of its publication, conformed to the spirit and letter of Russian legislation. And then at some point the exam arises. Experts say, for example, that the book suddenly contains LGBT* propaganda. This exam is always It is not discussed in any way prescribed by law. And at the very moment when this examination arises, we begin to give an account. We don't even have a chance to meet the requirements of the law," Barichkin said. In addition, according to him, tens of millions of rubles are spent on fulfilling the requirements for marking publications that mention medicines. The company has already marked 2 million books on its account. In the interview, Barichkin also pointed out the opacity of the examination process and the lack of procedures for notifying and verifying the qualifications of experts. * - The Supreme Court recognized the non-existent "International LGBT Movement" as an "extremist organization" and banned its activities in Russia; Rosfinmonitoring included it in the list of terrorist and extremist organizations.

The book chain "Read-Gorod" spent 100 million rubles on destroying "forbidden" books. The head of the largest book chain "Chitai-Ir - Bookbud" Alexander Brychkin said that the cost of removing books from sale that do not comply with the so-called "new laws" amounted to about 100 million rubles. According to him, the publishing business suffers enormous losses, since it is impossible to return goods to suppliers, and books must be disposed of at their expense as "toxic waste". "The book has been sold for a long time. Let's say it was published a long time ago by some publisher. This publisher had an editor read the book. This book, at the time of its publication, conformed to the spirit and letter of Russian legislation. And then at some point the exam arises. Experts say, for example, that the book suddenly contains LGBT* propaganda. This exam is always It is not discussed in any way prescribed by law. And at the very moment when this examination arises, we begin to give an account. We don't even have a chance to meet the requirements of the law," Barichkin said. In addition, according to him, tens of millions of rubles are spent on fulfilling the requirements for marking publications that mention medicines. The company has already marked 2 million books on its account. In the interview, Barichkin also pointed out the opacity of the examination process and the lack of procedures for notifying and verifying the qualifications of experts. * - The Supreme Court recognized the non-existent "International LGBT Movement" as an "extremist organization" and banned its activities in Russia; Rosfinmonitoring included it in the list of terrorist and extremist organizations.