“We prefer not to take any risks”says Maria, editor in Moscow, under pseudonym. In the columns of the Russian version of the German wave, It sums up the state of mind of a Russian book industry paralyzed by fear. From “The publisher affair”as the Russian press now nicknamed it, the profession is constantly under tension.
Car “This time they [siloviki, soit les forces de sécurité russes] Not only came to seek writers, they pushed the door more widely, they entered the whole sphere of the bookobserves Natalia Zviaguina, director of Amnesty International Russia, interviewed by the independent Russian media The Insider. [Certains] Sales officials are under the threat of heavy penalties – people who, in reality, are not even required to read what they sell. ”
On May 15, the Moscow court placed in residences three employees of the popcorn books and individualum houses, and opened an investigation for “Organization of activities by an extremist organization”reports the BBC Russia.
The prosecution accuses the three men – an executive director, a sales manager and a stock and distribution manager – to have “Distributed or
