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A Moscow court has replaced house arrest with a ban on certain activities for three former Popcorn Books employees charged with organizing an extremist group. The defendants were previously detained in May 2025 following an investigation into the publisher.

A Moscow court has eased the pre-trial restrictions for three former employees of the Popcorn Books publishing house, Artem Vakhlyaev, Pavel Ivanov, and Dmitry Protopopov, replacing their house arrest with a ban on certain activities. The individuals face charges related to the organization of an extremist group.

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