Books about Pavel Durov have been removed from the Litres and MyBook…
Books about Pavel Durov have been removed from the Litres and MyBook platforms. The books 'Durov's Code' and 'Durov's Code 2' — biographies of Pavel Durov written by journalist Nikolai Kononov — are no longer available on these services.
Consensus
- Books 'Code Durov' and 'Code Druov 2' by Nikolai Kononov were removed from sale and subscription on Litres and MyBook.
- The removal occurred after Pavel Durov was added to the Russian Federal Financial Monitoring Service's list of terrorists and extremists on July 30.
- Litres stated it operates in accordance with Russian legislation.
- The books are no longer available on Litres and MyBook platforms.
- The books were also removed from other platforms including Yandex Market, Ozon, and Wildberries.
- Pavel Durov was accused by the FSB of aiding terrorist activities due to Telegram's failure to remove certain channels and bots.
Points of divergence
- The books were removed from both sales and subscription services. — tg_echoonline_news
- Moscow clinic AltroVita removed the promotional page for Durov's sperm donation, though the procedure remains available. — meduza
- Litres previously removed around 4,500 works in December 2025 due to concerns over drug references. — kommersant
- A source at Litres did not confirm the reason for removal, stating it might be related to recent events or not. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- A source at Litres said the removal might be related to recent events, but did not confirm it. — tg_svobodnieslova
- The first part of the book is still available on the publisher's website 'Mif', but not for purchase. — tg_svobodnieslova
- The second part of the book is available in small quantities at 'Chitai Gorod' and on 'Alpina' publisher's site. — tg_svobodnieslova
Coverage (6 sources)
- Books about Pavel Durov removed from the 'Litres' and MyBook platforms — ЭХО / Новости
- Books 'Durov Code' and 'Durov Code 2', dedicated to Pavel Durov*, have been taken off sale and are unavailable by subscription in services 'Lit…' — ТАСС (Telegram)
- «Litres» removed books about Pavel Durov from sale — Meduza
- Litres deleted books about Durov after including him in the list of terrorists and extremists — Коммерсантъ
- Book about Pavel Durov began being taken off sale in Russia — Говорит НеМосква
- In Russia, book about Pavel Durov began to be taken off sale — Вёрстка