{"id":139960,"date":"2025-05-26T19:28:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T16:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/139960\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarusian-official-wants-russia-to-follow-belarus-censorship-rules","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/139960\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian official wants Russia to follow Belarus\u2019 censorship rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 26, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Dzianis Jazierski, the Belarusian deputy information minister, suggested at an international book fair in St. Petersburg that Belarus and Russia should exchange &#8220;extremist literature&#8221; lists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry&#8217;s press office quoted Jazierski as calling for the closest cooperation possible to crack down on &#8220;books that can negatively affect readers.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Together, we must work even more and closer on counteracting our ideological opponents to prevent the sale of publications containing elements of destructive moral, psychological and cultural impact on our society, especially children and youth,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, Belarus imports translated books from Russian publishers, but their content does not always correspond to the tasks Belarus and Russia are implementing in &#8220;spiritual and moral development of society.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian information ministry\u2019s banned books list features around 100 entries branded as \u201charmful.\u201d Book and print media traders are advised to remove these items from sale. The official definition of \u201charmful\u201d often covers print publications on history or LGBTQ issues, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, the ministry added 27 titles, including Fredrik Backman\u2019s <em>Beartown<\/em>, <em>Iron Curtain<\/em> by American historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ann Applebaum and <em>Let\u2019s Talk About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends<\/em> by Robie Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/134450\/\">Swedish embassy regrets ban of Fredrik Backman\u2019s trilogy in Belarus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 26, Pozirk. Dzianis Jazierski, the Belarusian deputy information minister, suggested at an international book fair in St. Petersburg that Belarus and Russia should exchange &#8220;extremist literature&#8221; lists. The ministry&#8217;s press office quoted Jazierski as calling for the closest cooperation possible to crack down on &#8220;books that can negatively affect readers.&#8221; &#8220;Together, we must work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-139960","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarusian official wants Russia to follow Belarus\u2019 censorship rules | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 26, Pozirk. 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