Mangalib

History

2025

Fine of 14 million rubles for LGBT propaganda

On August 25, 2025, the Courts of General Jurisdiction of the city Moscow reported that the online library of comics, manga and anime Mangalib was fined 14 million rubles. The decision was made in connection with propaganda (LGBT recognized as an extremist organization, activities are prohibited in the territory). Russia

The law banning "LGBT propaganda" in Russia was adopted at the federal level in 2013. Federal law 135-FZ supplemented the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation with an article establishing responsibility for disseminating information about "non-traditional sexual relations" among minors. In 2022, a new law 478-FZ banned the dissemination of any information that "promotes non-traditional sexual relationships, pedophilia or gender reassignment" to people of all ages. In November 2023, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation declared the "international LGBT social movement" an extremist organization and banned it in the country.

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Reportedly, by the decisions of the Tagansky District Court of the city of Moscow, Mangalib LLC was found guilty of committing administrative offenses under Part 3 of Art. 6.21. Administrative Code of the Russian Federation and part 4 of Art. 6.21. Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations and/or preferences, gender change, refusal of childbearing).

The court imposed an administrative penalty in the form of an administrative fine in the amount of 2 million rubles for each of the seven administrative offenses, the Court of General Jurisdiction of the city of Moscow said in a statement.

According to the Kanobu edition, the reason for the proceedings was the images found by Roskomnadzor in the manga Young Revolutionary Utena: Theatrical Version, Fujoshi Haru-tyan Loves to Drink and five others. The regulator considered that the works pose "a threat to national security due to the planting of destructive ideology."^[1]

Co-owner of Litnet Boris Makarenkov bought 30% of Mangalib from Maxim Onufriev

Boris Makarenkov, co-owner of the Litnet samizdat service, received 30% in Mangalib LLC, a legal entity of the Asian digital comics portal Mangalib, the largest audience site for reading digital Asian comics in the Russian-speaking segment. He became its CEO. This is evidenced by information from the SPARK-Interfax database, published in June 2025. Before Makarenkov, this share was owned by Maxim Onufriev. According to experts, the amount of the transaction for the purchase of a share in this asset amounted to no more than 30 million rubles.^[2]

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