Roskomnadzor banned two dystopian novels by Olga Ptitseva, about an alternative Russia where the Party of Cold...

Roskomnadzor banned two dystopian novels by Olga Ptitseva, about an alternative Russia where the Party of Cold came to power

Roskomnadzor has banned the novels “The Two Hundred and Third Day of Winter” and “Spring of Water” by writer Olga Ptitseva. A notice about this appeared on the website of the God Literatury portal on October 7.

“The specified book has been included in Roskomnadzor’s Unified Register of Prohibited Information, as well as in the Register of Book Expert Reviews of the ECS RKS, and must be removed from public space on the territory of the Russian Federation,” the website says.

Roskomnadzor sent the demand to remove information about the book “Spring of Water” on October 2. Before that, on July 16, information about the first part of the novel, “The Two Hundred and Third Day of Winter,” was removed from the portal at the agency’s demand.

The books have also disappeared from the website of their publisher, Polyandria No Age, as well as from the catalogs of Litres and Chitai-gorod. Polyandria confirmed that Roskomnadzor had banned them. The reason for the ban may have been signs of “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations,” The Blueprint reports.

The two novels form a dystopian duology. The action takes place in an alternative Russia where, after the Party of Cold comes to power, eternal winter sets in: residents are required to maintain a prescribed level of snow cover, food is distributed by ration cards, and dissenters are sent to freezing chambers.

Olga Ptitseva confirmed that her books have been withdrawn from sale: “Dear all, about the withdrawal of THTDW [the novel ‘The Two Hundred and Third Day of Winter’] — it’s true, but I’m okay. Hugs to everyone,” she wrote in her Telegram channel.

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