An old book by poet and author Z Alexander Flavin has begun to be removed from public library rooms because of a quote from critic Galina Jozefovich on the cover. She was recently recognized as a "foreign agent".
Library staff from Moscow, Arkhangelsk and Leningrad told Ksenia Sobchak's channel "Lady of Blood" about it.
We are talking about the novel "Pokrov-17", which was published by Gorodets Publishing House in 2021. On the back cover there is a quote from literary critic Galina Jozefovich. In July 2026, she was added to the "Foreign Agents" register.
According to one of the librarians, employees check four lists once a week: the "foreign agents" register, the federal list of extremist materials, the "extremists and terrorists" list, as well as the list of industry books with references to drugs managed by the Russian Book Union.
If new names appear in the first three lists, staff will look for references to these people in the library's internal database. Not only the author is checked, but also the imprint, as well as notes and citations on the covers.
The channel's interlocutor claims that it was precisely because of such an examination that Alexander Flavin's publications, which included a quote from Yozefovich, were removed from the fund.
At the request of readers, the book is still available.
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