CultureRussian publisher Eksmo alters Joe Hill’s ‘King Sorrow,’ removing Putin reference and changing ‘Russia invaded Ukraine’ to ‘war in Europe’

Several passages in the Russian translation of Joe Hill’s novel “King Sorrow” were rewritten to avoid censorship issues, changing the author’s meaning. References to Russians breeding trolls, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and Vladimir Putin were altered or removed. Eksmo CEO Yevgeny Kapyev said he would investigate and criticized authors for inserting allusions to the current political and military situation into books.

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