To date, it is known about three accused (in total about 10 people have been detained).
This is the Sales Director of Industry LLC
(liquidated in December 2024) Pavel Ivanov.
Warehouse manager Artyom Vakhlyaev.
Executive Director Dmitry Protopopov. The latter categorically does not admit guilt.
It is known that among the detainees holding leadership positions, the chief accountant of Inessa Nurtdinov and the director of the distribution department, Anatoly Nirovyatkin, was also the chief accountant of the publishing house. They have so far been released without charges.
The VChK-OGPU became known that the security forces are charged with the “organizers and members of the extremist organization” for the sale of 900 copies of books containing “LGBT extremist ideology” from November 30, 2023 to September 21, 2024.
The following books appear in the materials of the criminal case. “Windows to the yard”, “Heartstopper. Volume 1 ”,“ Hertstopper. Volume 2 ”,“ What Swallow is silent about ”,“ A notebook in the cell ”,“ Aristotle and Dante reveal the secrets of the universe ”,“ Darius the Great deserves more ”,“ Svita of the King ”,“ LIA: Life is not by notes ”and“ Summer in a pioneering tie ”.
8 people are indicated as buyers. It is still unknown whether they acted with security forces or somehow installed them. At the same time, it is known that each of the “buyers” acquired dozens of copies of books.
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