The law, which the Verkhovna Rada adopted in June 2022 and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has not yet signed, was supported by Ukrainian intellectuals, writers, public and cultural figures. A petition calling on Ukrainian citizens to Zelensky to support a legal norm banning books from Russia gained 25 thousand. Votes.

This is evidenced by the information on the official website.

The call to Zelensky to support the law banning books from Russia gained 25 thousand votes

A petition to the president calling for a law banning the import and distribution of publishing products from Russia is currently awaiting consideration by the president.

The law prohibits the import and distribution of publishing products from Russia and Belarus, provides for the publication of books in Ukraine in the original language or translated into Ukrainian, the languages of the EU or indigenous peoples of Ukraine, blocks the possibility of importing anti-Ukrainian publications.

"In the conditions of war, you, as head of state and Supreme Commander-in-Chief, are primarily concerned with the issues of armed rebuff to the aggressor. But the situation when the parliament, the book industry and civil society are unanimous in support of Law 2309-IX, and only the absence of your signature allows Russia to continue destroying our book market, is incomprehensible and unacceptable," the petition says.

The petition was supported by Ukrainian figures:

  • Oksana Zabuzhko,
  • Vakhtang Kipiani,
  • Ivan Malkovych,
  • Andriy Kurkov,
  • Mariana Savka,
  • Volodymyr Viatrovych,
  • Tamara Horikha Zernya,
  • Irma Vitovska.

Ukrainian publishers also call to support the petition:

  • "Folio",
  • "Morning",
  • "Vivat",
  • "A-ba-ba-ha-la-ma-ha",
  • network of bookstores "Ye",
  • "KnygoLand"

It should be noted that part three of Article 94 of the Constitution of Ukraine stipulates that if the president has not signed the law within 15 days or returned it to parliament with comments, "the law is considered approved by the President of Ukraine and must be signed and officially promulgated."

Meanwhile, in Russia, a woman was detained for reading a book in Ukrainian on a plane. Other passengers noticed that she was reading a book in Ukrainian, so they told police.

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