Russia’s largest publishing group has fired employees who refused to work under its new censorship rules, president Oleg Novikov said. Eksmo-AST tightened them under Russia’s new laws after three Popcorn Books staff were prosecuted over queer lit. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Russia’s largest publishing group fires employees who refused to censor queer literature — MeduzaThe Eksmo-AST publishing group has fired employees who refused to work under the censorship rules it introduced in response to Russia’s new laws, and others who objected resigned, the group’s…meduza.io