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SecretlyAPorcupine t1_j1wanrl wrote

The article says that readers refuse to read Russian-language books, but haven't those books (including those written by Ukrainian authors) been banned after the war started?

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Sea_Serpentine t1_j1wdr9a wrote

As far as I know, since summer there is a ban on importing books from Russia and Belarus. Books written by Ukrainian authors in Russian language and published in Ukraine until 1st of January 2023 aren't banned.

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100thlurker t1_j1we776 wrote

Not in the slightest. At most there was a general effort to standardize official government documents on Ukrainian following the events of 2014, but everything remains available by request in Russian.

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Ramental t1_j1wvqiq wrote

Seems like it's indeed tougher situation for non-EU languages, in general. Publishing in EU languages has no limits. In non-EU, it's only for the books for which the non-EU language is the language of the original. Basically, getting "Art of War" in English is fine. In Chinese - fine. In Vietnamese or Russian - not really. For these cases a case-per-case basis is implemented. On top of that is a ban of books written by Russian Federation citizens.

Yet, you can still publish "Anna Karenina" in Russian language in Ukraine, for example, for it was written prior to 1991, and it's a language of the original.

https://news-obozrevatel-com.translate.goog/ukr/economics/economy/v-ukraini-zaboronili-rosijski-knigi-rishennya-verhovnoi-radi.htm?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=uk&_x_tr_pto=wapp

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