Writer Maksim Kantor was fined under the protocol on "discrediting"…
Writer Maksim Kantor was fined under the protocol on "discrediting" for his novel "The Brother's Watchman"; Z-activists wrote denunciations about the book.
Consensus
- Maxim Kanter was fined 40,010 rubles by the Tushino District Court in Moscow on July 10.
- The fine was issued under a protocol for 'discrediting the army.'
- The case was based on Kanter's 2025 novel 'The Brother's Watchman.'
- The novel describes fictional events during the special military operation involving two brothers.
- Expert analysis found depictions of civilian deaths due to Russian artillery fire.
- The novel includes descriptions of torture and the use of an electric shock device during interrogation.
- The court's ruling stated that the text presents modern reality as filled with negative aspects of life and societal flaws.
- Kanter claimed the novel is not political and described it as a love story and family saga.
- Kanter previously posted on Facebook in January 2025 about the destruction of the book's print run due to denunciations by Z-activists, but later deleted the post.
Points of divergence
- The book was published under the editorial supervision of writer Vadim Levental, a member of the pro-war 'Union of February 24'. — tg_astrapress
- The book was sent for extremism review in June 2025, and a book event in St. Petersburg was canceled at the request of the prosecutor's office. — tg_astrapress
Coverage (2 sources)
- Writer fined under 'discrediting' protocol for 'negative portrayal of reality' — ASTRA
- Writer Maxim Kantor fined under protocol on 'discrediting' for novel 'The Watchman of the Brother'; Z-activists wrote denunciations about the book — Медиазона