Russia’s largest publishing group has fired employees who refused to work under its new censorship rules, president Oleg Novikov said. Eksmo-AST tightened them under Russia’s new laws after three Popcorn Books staff were prosecuted over queer lit. https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/07/28/russia-s-largest-publishing-group-fires-employees-who-refused-to-censor-queer-literature