Nikolai Kononov's book "The Durov Code" has been removed from sale in Russia.
In Russia, marketplaces and online libraries have begun removing Nikolai Kononov's "The Durov Code" from sale en masse. Specifically, both parts of the book have disappeared from the Litres catalog and from product listings on Ozon, Wildberries, and Yandex Market.
The Disappearance of the Durov Code from Online Stores
The editors of the publication "Verstka" were the first to notice the book's removal from sale. Both parts of the work are still displayed on the author's personal page on Litres, but direct links to them are no longer available.
A source at Litres officially confirmed that the book had indeed been removed from sale. However, they did not specify the exact reason for this decision.
Furthermore, both printed and electronic copies of "The Durov Code" disappeared from Yandex Market simultaneously. Meanwhile, the book is now impossible to find or purchase on major marketplaces like Ozon and Wildberries.
FSB charges and terrorist status
The book's removal from sale occurred immediately after Telegram founder Pavel Durov was added to the Rosfinmonitoring agency's list of terrorists and extremists. The day before, Russia's FSB announced it had charged the businessman with "assisting terrorist activity."
As a result, law enforcement launched an international manhunt against the messenger's creator. Authorities accuse the platform's management of refusing to remove channels and bots allegedly used to coordinate crimes.
The situation with biomaterial in the IVF clinic
At the same time, other information related to the businessman began to be removed from public view. Specifically, Telegram channels report that an ad for Durov's donor sperm has disappeared from the website of the Moscow medical center Altra Vita, where it was previously officially available for IVF treatment.
However, the biomaterial itself remains available to the institution’s clients.
The status has not changed, the clinic is open.
Consequently, despite the removal of the donor profile from the website, Durov's biomaterial itself continues to be stored and made available at the medical center, as reported to Fontanka journalists by the medical facility itself.
