{"id":124196,"date":"2025-01-30T13:22:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T10:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/124196\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"prosecutors-force-ozon-by-to-stop-sales-of-blacklisted-book-by-russian-historian","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/124196\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors force ozon.by to stop sales of blacklisted book by Russian historian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>January 30, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>The Mahilo\u016d region&#8217;s prosecutors ordered <em>ozon.by<\/em>, the Belarusian branch of the Russian equivalent of Amazon, to remove from sale <em>The &#8220;Heroes&#8221; of Luftwaffe<\/em> book by Russian historian and journalist Konstantin Zalessky, the Prosecutor General&#8217;s Office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The military history book was published in 2014 in Russia and branded extremist content in Belarus in August 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, Belarusian courts banned numerous works of literature, music and art, including poems by Belarusian classic Vincent Dunin-Marcinkievi\u010d, a novel by contemporary writer Alhierd Baharevi\u010d and three books by historian Ihar Mielnika\u016d, serving a prison term for an interview with\u00a0<em>Euroradio<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few months ago, the National Council on Historical Policy vowed to purge bookstores and education establishments of extremist literature. The council is chaired by D\u017amitryj Krutoj, head of the Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/knigi_freepik_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus bans American book on Gulag<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 24, Pozirk. The information ministry has added 30 titles to the list of print publications that contradict Belarus&#039; national interests, bringing the total to 65. The list was introduced in November 2024 and originally included 35 titles. The ministry &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/123226\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 30, Pozirk. The Mahilo\u016d region&#8217;s prosecutors ordered ozon.by, the Belarusian branch of the Russian equivalent of Amazon, to remove from sale The &#8220;Heroes&#8221; of Luftwaffe book by Russian historian and journalist Konstantin Zalessky, the Prosecutor General&#8217;s Office reports. The military history book was published in 2014 in Russia and branded extremist content in Belarus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[14,13],"class_list":["post-124196","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Prosecutors force ozon.by to stop sales of blacklisted book by Russian historian | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 30, Pozirk. 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