Former director of Popcorn Books Dmitry Protopopov was sentenced to four years probation for organizing the sale of queer literature, which was deemed criminal income, and his salary of 8.7 million rubles was confiscated.

Former director of Popcorn Books Dmitry Protopopov was sentenced to four years probation for organizing the sale of queer literature, which was deemed criminal income, and his salary of 8.7 million rubles was confiscated.

@meduzalive 07 Aug 2026, 12:30

Dmitry Protopopov, head of the Popcorn Books and Individuum editorial office, received a four-year suspended sentence for selling books with LGBT content and was banned from publishing activities.

@varlamov_news 07 Aug 2026, 11:38

Former director of Popcorn Books Dmitry Protopopov was sentenced to 4 years probation for organizing the sale of books with LGBT themes after restrictions were imposed on their distribution.

@bazabazon 07 Aug 2026, 11:23

Dmitry Protopopov, former director of Popcorn Books, was sentenced to 4 years probation for leading an extremist organization and selling LGBT literature, including books from the 'red list'.

@ostorozhno_novosti 07 Aug 2026, 11:20