The Russian edition is beginning to bear the brunt of the “anti-LGBT propaganda” law, passed in November 2022, which provides for a fine for any person or organization promoting homosexuality in public, online, in a book, at the cinema… The independent publishing house Popcorn Books, which addresses gender and LGBT issues, is indeed the subject of an investigation by the Ministry of the Interior for “promoting non-traditional sexual relations”, according to the Reuters agency. after the filing of a complaint by the deputy Alexander Khinshtein. The latter, who revealed his approach on January 10, worked on the text of the law.