Yampolskaya called for books to be given permission to be printed and sold in the Russian Federation

Elena Yampolskaya, advisor to the President of the Russian Federation on culture and art, came up with an initiative of state regulation of book publishing and book distribution in Russia. In particular, she proposed to think over the creation of a corresponding federal law and a state register of publishers by analogy with the register of rental certificates for films. She said this, speaking at the congress of the Russian Book Union on December 4.

Yampolskaya reminded that a movie in Russia needs to get a rental certificate before it is released on the screens, while a book is simply published and comes to the stores. That said, the only restriction is the 436th Federal Law "On protecting children from information that may cause them harm," she pointed out.

"Everything else, if it's there, is revealed after the book has already arrived in stores and libraries. I would suggest that we think about this topic as part of our work with the RKS, whether we should still create a federal law on book publishing and book distribution in the Russian Federation. And again at your discretion, whether we should not create a state register of publishing houses, so that we at least understand what we have in this area," said the presidential advisor.

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In Russia, the screening of films in cinemas is regulated by the federal law "On State Support for the Cinematography of the Russian Federation". According to the established procedures, the Russian Ministry of Culture accepts and considers applications for the issuance of rental certificates necessary for screening in cinemas. Yampolskaya pointed out that book publishing and distribution in Russia is hardly the only industry that is not regulated by lawmakers.

"This is some kind of amazing absolutely paradox. We have a law on mass media, where the issue of periodicals is regulated, we have a law on information, where the e-book is also present. To publish books in Russia, you just have to have one of the OKVED (All-Russian Classifier of Economic Activities - Ed) of this grouping 58. It seems to me that the legal basis should still be established by law," she added.

Regular reading allows not only to expand one's horizons, but also to increase the efficiency of the brain and improve the overall quality of life, Alexander Nikiforov, director of the electronic library system "Lan", told "Izvestia" on November 27. He also noted that literature helps develop imagination, fantasy and creativity.