Publisher Individuum announced the closure

Individuum editor-in-chief Alexei Kiselev announced the closure of the publishing house. The books he worked on are planned to be published by other publishers. The reasons for this decision Mr. Kiselev did not give, but called it “unpleasant”.

In the work on the books, we often discussed with the authors how to build the finale. This is the end of the story of Individuum. As the great poet Alexander Vvedensky would put it, “sudden, but not unexpected,” Kiselev wrote on Telegram.

Individuum was founded in 2015 and has been around for 11 years. A controlling stake in the publishing house belongs to Eksmo. In May 2025, Dmitry Protopopov, the executive director of Individuum, was sent under house arrest in a case involving the sale of books related to LGBT (the International LGBT Movement is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia). Together with him, two more employees of the publishing house were arrested - Artem Vakhlyaev and Pavel Ivanov. In relation to them, a case was initiated on organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 3 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code). Rosfinmonitoring included Dmitry Protopopov in the list of terrorists and extremists. In January 2026, the Individuum division, Popcorn Books, was discontinued. According to investigators, in the books of the publishing house found signs of LGBT propaganda (recognized extremist and banned in Russia).

Details - in the material "Kommersant" "Publisher handed over in a special order".