In Smolensk, the library director was fined for performing his official duties

On November 9, 2012, it became known that the Magistrate's Court of Judicial District No. 11 of the city of Smolensk sentenced the director of the Smolensk Regional Universal Library them. A.T.Tvardovsky Olga Maltseva to a fine under Art. 20.29 Administrative Code (dissemination of extremist materials).

The reason for the persecution of Maltseva was the fact that in the reading room of the library was found and five books included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials were confiscated, which, according to the order of the director, were issued to library users at written request. As a result of the prosecutor's protest, which was considered and satisfied, this paragraph of the order was "brought to compliance with applicable law . "

Recall that we do not consider lawful prosecution librarians for distributing banned books. They do their job and do not distribute extremist materials. More about the contradiction between anti-extremist and library legislation, see here .

Sources

• The prosecutor's office brought to administrative responsibility the director of the largest library in the Smolensk region // On-line magazine "What Smolensk talks about every day". November 9, 2012.