“Similar news about the fact that Ukraine has banned books, cause me a strong association with the firing of a cannon on sparrows. What kind of person in his right mind, in the age of the Internet, will ban a book? Do they really believe this ban makes sense? Limiting people to the right to receive information is utopian. Thus, official Kiev will continue its fall into the abyss, which separates it from its own people and common sense. It looks like this abyss, into which Poroshenko and the company once stepped in, does not end, and their flight continues further, ”he said.
The deputy also noted that “the ban itself looks like a joke - for example, it is impossible to distribute books on the territory of Ukraine where national-socialist totalitarian regimes are promoted”.
“But what about the new, pro-fascist ideology that permeated the country at all levels? There is a question about the relevance of the prohibition of a number of books, such as Yevgeny Grebennikov’s Grandfather’s Council of a Beekeeper. In Kiev, the book “Persistence: My Hour in Space” was discarded by Scott Kelly, where, according to Ukrainian experts, Russia and its cosmonautics are praised, and this is an open recognition by Ukraine of the weakness of its aerospace industry, ”Belik concluded.
Earlier, the State Committee of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting increased the amount of the fine for the sale of books imported from Russia without permits.
For the first violation of Ukrainian legislation, the amount of the fine will be ten minimum wages - about $ 1.4 thousand. In 2018, this amount was about $ 1.3 thousand.