10 per hand: fines for importing books from Russia came into effect in Ukraine

The order of the State Committee for Television and Radio on October 17, 2017, approving the procedure for imposing administrative and economic fines for the import of printed materials from Russia into Ukraine, came into force, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.

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This was reported by the press service of the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting.

The order of the State Committee for Television and Radio on October 17, 2017 on approval of the procedure for imposing administrative and economic fines by the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine came into force. Thus, the creation of a legal mechanism for implementing the powers of the State Committee on Television and Radio, defined by the law on restricting access to the Ukrainian market for foreign printed products with anti-Ukrainian content, has been completed,” the published message says.

Now it is necessary to obtain a special permit to import books and other printed publications. You can carry no more than 10 copies without permission.

The law, which came into force on December 15, 2017, will apply to books imported after January 1, 2017.

Among those banned in Ukraine are a chemistry textbook and fairy tales about Ilya Muromets and Russian heroes.