The State Duma Commission proposed adding Akunin to the list of foreign agents – Kommersant

The Chairman of the State Duma Commission on Combating Foreign Intervention Vasily Piskarev suggested that the Ministry of Justice check the writer Boris Akunin (real name Grigory Chkhartishvili). The deputies believe that “there are grounds for including Chkhartishvili in the register of foreign agents.” This is stated in the message of the commission in Telegram.

Rosfinmonitoring December 18 contributed Boris Akunin to the list of terrorists and extremists. On the same day regarding him was initiated criminal case. He is suspected of publicly justifying terrorism and disseminating deliberately false information about the Russian army (Article 205.2, Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Shortly before these events, pranksters Vovan and Lexus published a conversation with the writer. It followed that Mr. Akunin was sympathetic to the concept of “a good Russian is a dead Russian,” but the writer himself called it “nonsense.” At the same time, he noted that he helps Ukrainians and will continue to do so.

Boris Akunin is a writer, Japanese scholar and translator. Since 2014 he has lived in London. Among his most famous works are the series “The Adventures of Erast Fandorin” and the cycle “History of the Russian State”. According to the Liters service, in 2022 Boris Akunin became the most popular author by revenue in Russia.

Read more about the refusal to distribute Boris Akunin’s books in the Kommersant article. “Exmo-sorting”.

Leonid Uvarchev