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Young Russian artists invited to design Russia’s first Shakespeare monument
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Milan Kundera novel published for the first time in Czech Republic
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Master and Margarita to get Hollywood treatment
Publishers in Ukraine angry at government’s Russian book ban
UK animation students create charming cartoon trailers for Russian classics
Ukraine bans import of Russian books
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A book for the road: Moscow train stations get electronic libraries
Anticipating doom: what can László Krasznahorkai’s novels tell us about the refugee crisis?
Croatia becomes world’s first Free Reading Zone country
