The Ministry of Justice recognized Ekaterina Dudko and Elena Prokasheva as «foreign agents». Meduza writes that they are the authors of the books What the Swallow Is Silent About and Summer in a Pioneer Tie.
Also included in the register are blogger Nikolai Sobolev, Popular Politics host Alexander Makashenets, and Pavel Mezerin, a municipal deputy from St. Petersburg and coordinator of the Free Ingria movement.
According to the Ministry of Justice, Sobolev supported Ukraine and distributed materials of other “foreign agents”, Makashenets “promoted sanctions lists” against Russian citizens, and Mezerin called for separatism. Dudko and Prokasheva, according to the department, “propagated LGBT relations.”
The novel «Summer in a Pioneer's Tie» tells about the love between the pioneer Yura and the leader Volodya in the camp in the summer of 1986. “What the swallow is silent about” is its continuation, where the characters meet again after 20 years. When publishing it, the authors used pseudonyms — Elena Malisova and Katerina Silvanova. The book was published by Popcorn Books, whose directors were also included in the list of “foreign agents” in October.
In the summer, United Russia State Duma deputy Elena Yampolskaya proposed introducing fines for the novel “Summer in a Pioneer Tie” and other works about gay teenagers. In December, Vladimir Putin signed a law banning «propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations and gender reassignment.» For its violation, a fine of up to 5 million rubles is provided.
A few days before the law came into force, activists of the Khabarovsk «Council of Fathers» bought out a batch of books «Summer in a Pioneer Tie» and «What the Swallow is Silent About» and handed them over for processing. In August, a similar action was carried out by the Nizhny Tagil branch of A Just Russia.
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