Pavel Ivanov

criminal

Pavel Ivanov was a former sales director at the publishing house Popcorn Books and was involved in a criminal case related to extremism. He pleaded guilty, reached an agreement with the prosecution, and gave testimony against other employees from Popcorn Books and Individuum. In June 2026, he was sentenced to four years of probation for extremism-related charges. The case was handled by the Zamoskvoretsky Court in Moscow.

Recent coverage

• Popcorn Books head testifies against Yevgeny Kapiev — Коммерсантъ
• Former Popcorn Books Director Charged with Creating 'Red' and 'Yellow' Lists of 'LGBT Literature' — SOTAvision
• Sales Director of 'Eksmo' Artem Vakhlyayev sentenced to four years probation for selling queer literature; he testified against co-conspirators — Meduza
• Sales Director of Eksmo Sentenced to Four Years with Probation for Selling 'LGBT Literature' — Дождь
• Prosecutor requests four years of probation for Eksmol sales director Artem Vakhlyayev in case on sale of "LGBT literature" — Медиазона
• Former Popcorn Books employee gets suspended sentence for selling queer literature; reveals he 'fought this since Soviet times' — Meduza
• Employee of Popcorn Books, where 'Summer in the Pioneer Scarf' was published, 'accused his colleagues of criminal activity'. Here is what he told — Медиазона
• State Duma Deputy Evgeny Nifantiev Proposed Naming a Street in South Moscow in Honor of Railway Heroes — Вечерняя Москва
• Former Popcorn Books employee Pavel Ivanov sentenced to four years of probation — Дождь
• Former Popcorn Books employee sentenced on extremism case — Фонтанка
• Popcorn Books employees arrested after 'control purchase' of banned books by minors on orders from security forces — Meduza