Putin canceled age marking of school and religious literature

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree abolishing age marking for school and religious culture. The decree was published on the official Internet portal legal information.

According to the decree, the special marking of literary works that are studied within the framework of state educational standards is cancelled. The labeling of the Bible, Koran, Tanakh and Ganjura is also cancelled.

At the same time, a rule is being introduced according to which the distribution certificate of a film must contain information about the prohibition of its distribution among children if the film contains information prohibited for distribution among a number of age categories. Specialists – culturologists and art historians will be engaged in the examination of information products.

Lusine Balasyan