Massive Searches Announced in Crimea: Looking for "Subversive" Books to Destroy Them

In the self-proclaimed Ministry of Education of Crimea stated that the local education departments in the cities and regions of the peninsula are authorized to conduct an inspection visits with respect to keeping of extremist matter and banned literature, Censor.NET reports citing Hromadske Radio.

The list consists of 2,442 items, including books, articles, pamphlets, and even texts of some songs.

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The law enforcement officials together with experts from the Department of Education shall hold the upcoming revision at schools. In case of banned literature detection, members of the inspection will confiscate and destroy it.

The letter from the Ministry of Education to undertake the inspection visits was sent to the heads of local governments, the press release from the Ministry of Education says.

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