[4.11.06][Stevens] BACK IN THE USSR? Word reaches us via Stewart Home that his (and several other friends of 3:AM's) Russian publisher Alex Kervey's Tough Press operation is being heavily lent on by the Russian authorities:
"As you possibly heard from Steve Aylett, my company and I personally have faced criminal charges concerning old publication of Come Before Christ and Murder Love as well as Tony [White]'s Road Rage!/Satan! Satan Satan!. They have incriminated me the publication of pornography and insulting Christian values, according to the Russian new law against extremism. This happened as soon as I have returned to Moscow from London Book Fair and April and May were very tough months for us, as even my father was questioned in General Attorney of Moscow department concerning this releases despite the fact he wasn't having any connection with it. In the end of May our office was fire-bombed by some Nazis and there was a huge damage to the building and although the fire stopped twenty metres right before our storage and computer room because of the repair works it was closed for the whole summer."
Naturally we hope to see the charges dropped and Alex allowed to publish freely. As you may have read here, Neo-Attack's entire stock was impounded in Pakistan as a result of the fall-out over the Danish cartoons scandal earlier this year. Tough times for pulp. [permalink]
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