Yevgeny Kapyev, CEO of Eksmo, and his colleagues were released from police custody after being questioned as part of a federal investigation into LGBTQ+ 'propaganda' and 'extremism'.

Yevgeny Kapyev, head of Eksmo publishing house, stated that some rights holders are refusing to make changes to their books to comply with Russia's law banning the "propaganda" of drugs.

Russia's Investigative Committee released Eksmo CEO Yevgeny Kapyev and three other senior executives, who had been detained in an "extremism" case over queer literature, but ordered them to return for further questioning.

Yevgeny Kapyev, CEO of Eksmo group, Russia's largest publishing house, was arrested for questioning as part of the country's ongoing repression of LGBTQ-related content.