Books about Cheburashka and The Three Little Pigs have begun to be labeled in Russia due to a law banning drug propaganda

Russia's largest digital platforms have begun adding warnings about "drug propaganda" to children's and classic books following the enactment of the relevant law.

This was reported by "Verstka."

The warnings appeared, in particular, on books such as “Crocodile Gena and Cheburashka,” “The Three Little Pigs,” “Old Hottabych,” “The Wizard of Oz,” and works by Mikhail Zoshchenko and Korney Chukovsky.

Among foreign literature, “The Hobbit,” “Treasure Island,” “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” and “Peter Pan” received warnings.

As the publication notes, the reasons for the labeling were not officially explained. Some of the works may contain references to magic potions or other fictional substances.

In Russia, online services have begun labeling works of classical literature with warnings about alleged “drug propaganda.”

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