Meduza · 26 Aug 2026
Russia’s national library has a ‘closed repository of destructive literature.’ It includes Stephen Hawking and a Churchill biography — and is decorated with Ukrainian dog tags and a Putin quote.
The Russian State Library (RSL, also known as the Lenin Library) has for several months been running a “closed repository for destructive literature.” Only intelligence service employees and scholars can get in. Scholars, however, have to pass a separate interview with the RSL to gain access. Kommer
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