Russia’s national library has a ‘closed repository of destructive literature.’ It includes Stephen Hawking and a Churchill biography — and is decorated with Ukrainian dog tags and a Putin quote.
The Russian State Library has quietly opened a 'closed repository for destructive literature,' access to which is limited to intelligence service employees and scholars who must first pass a screening interview, according to a Kommersant tour of the facility reported by Meduza.
The collection is organized into five categories, including the ideology of Ukraine's 'ruling elite,' Ukrainian nationalism, and children's literature, with Ukrainian-language books on display alongside decorations Kommersant's correspondent observed inside.
The room's decor reportedly includes Ukrainian military dog tags and a quote attributed to President Putin, furnishings that do the categorizing work the shelving labels merely gesture at.
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