Criminal proceedings were also opened against the writer.
Writer Boris Akunin to the list of persons and organizations for which there is information about their involvement in extremist activities or terrorism.
This was reported by RosFinmonitoring, reported by Russian Media.
In addition, the Russian Investigative Committee confirmed the initiation of a criminal case against the writer Akunin. It is noted that the case was initiated under articles about “fakes” about the army and public justification of terrorism. The department reported that they are going to put Akunin, who has been living outside Russia since 2014, on the wanted list.
It should be noted that last week the AST publishing house decided to suspend the distribution of books by Akunin and Dmitry Bykov. The publishing house stated that “public statements by writers that have caused wide public outcry require legal assessment.”
Meanwhile, the writer himself reacted to this decision and stated that writers “have not been accused of terrorism since the Great Terror”
“This is not a bad dream, this is happening to Russia in reality, in fact. Take care of yourself, you won’t lose yourself if you are in the Russian Federation. And if you left, but it is very difficult for you in a foreign land and you are thinking of returning “Don’t come back. The night will become blacker and blacker. But then it finally dawned,” he said.
As reported, Russia has banned the LGBT movement, declaring it “extremist.” Russian courts will now be able to deprive a person of his freedom simply for participating in LGBT activities -organizations, messages in their support and publication of symbols.
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