Books by foreign authors burned in St. Petersburg prison
In the colonies of St. Petersburg, "incorrect" books are being burned — "Fontanka" In the correctional colony No. 6 ("Obukhovo"), books by foreign authors were seized from inmates yesterday for destruction, reports "Fontanka".
Consensus
- Books by foreign authors were collected from inmates in IK-6 in Obukhovo, St. Petersburg.
- The books were gathered from both the prison library and personal possession of inmates.
- The books are to be destroyed in a furnace.
- Only the Bible and Russian classics are permitted to remain.
- The action was described as a routine monthly check of library and personal literature.
- The process is conducted in accordance with Russian legislation and the Federal List of Extremist Materials.
- Books promoting violence, criminal subculture, or containing instructions for making prohibited items are excluded.
- Books not on the extremist list but failing inspection are not destroyed.
- Non-extremist books not destroyed are either returned to relatives or stored with personal belongings until release.
- Only outdated library copies or books on the federal extremist list are destroyed.
- Russian classics and foreign authors' works remain in the library and are issued to inmates according to rules.
Points of divergence
- The source cited is a 'source of 'Fontanka'. — tg_tvrain
- The source cited is a reader who reported the event on September 30. — fontanka
Coverage (6 sources)
- Books are being destroyed in the colonies of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, reported by Eva Merkacheva — Бумага
- In a St. Petersburg prison, books by foreign writers were seized from inmates to be burned in a furnace — "Fontanka" — The Insider
- «Fontanka»: in one of the St. Petersburg colonies decided to burn all foreign books — Новая газета Европа
- «For destruction in the furnace». In the colonies of St. Petersburg they burn «incorrect» books — «Fontanka» — Говорит НеМосква
- Books by foreign authors seized from prisoners in a St. Petersburg colony — they will be burned in a furnace — Дождь (Telegram)
- «Only the Bible and Russian classics are allowed». In St. Petersburg colonies, unwanted books are burned — Фонтанка
Key entities
- Fontanka
- St. Petersburg
- Obukhovo
- Leningrad Region
- FSIN
- GU
- Leningrad Oblast
- Eva Merkacheva
- IC-6
- SHIZO
- Eva Merkacheva
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