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Russian novelist says book being investigated over 'gay propaganda'
Source: The Guardian
Russian novelist says book being investigated over 'gay propaganda'
Shaun Walker in Sochi
theguardian.com, Friday 7 February 2014 14.06 GMT
One of Russia's leading novelists, Ludmila Ulitskaya, says a book she worked on is being investigated by Russian authorities because of claims that it falls foul of laws against "gay propaganda". The Russian authorities have denied her allegations.
Ulitskaya said in an interview with the BBC that she was helping to publish a series of books for teenagers on cultural anthropology, and one of the books, about family life, raised the suspicions of investigators.
The Family in Our Country and Others, by Vera Timenchik, "caused a stormy reception", she said. "There is a small section that says in some places in the world … there are also homosexual families."
She said Timenchik had been called for questioning by authorities and had told her that investigators wanted to speak to her too.
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Shaun Walker in Sochi
theguardian.com, Friday 7 February 2014 14.06 GMT
One of Russia's leading novelists, Ludmila Ulitskaya, says a book she worked on is being investigated by Russian authorities because of claims that it falls foul of laws against "gay propaganda". The Russian authorities have denied her allegations.
Ulitskaya said in an interview with the BBC that she was helping to publish a series of books for teenagers on cultural anthropology, and one of the books, about family life, raised the suspicions of investigators.
The Family in Our Country and Others, by Vera Timenchik, "caused a stormy reception", she said. "There is a small section that says in some places in the world … there are also homosexual families."
She said Timenchik had been called for questioning by authorities and had told her that investigators wanted to speak to her too.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/07/russian-ludmila-ulitskaya-gay-propaganda-book
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