A magistrate’s court in Moscow has registered an administrative protocol over alleged online “LGBT propaganda” against 26-year-old Vladislav Gusev, the owner of Shikimori, a website devoted to anime and manga. Mediazona discovered the case listing on the court’s website.
In messages with the outlet’s reporter, Gusev confirmed that the protocol had indeed been drawn up and said the claims against him came from Roskomnadzor.
“I am the owner of Shikimori; I think you saw the news earlier this year about the blocking of the main domain. And the protocol was drawn up by RKN,” Gusev said.
He later said he would explain what exactly had triggered the claims, but by the time the news was published he had still not clarified which specific material led to the protocol. The hearing is scheduled for August 10.
Shikimori describes itself as the largest Russian-language online encyclopedia of anime, manga, light novels, and related Japanese popular culture. According to the project’s description, the site combines a title database with social features, including watchlists, a ratings and reviews system, as well as a forum and interest clubs. The project has existed since 2011.
In January 2025, Shikimori was acquired by ReManga, a popular platform for reading and publishing manga, manhwa, manhua, and light novels. A year later, Roskomnadzor blocked access to the site’s main domain by adding it to the register of resources containing prohibited information, though it did not disclose the reason at the time.
Russian authorities had previously restricted access to other popular anime resources. In December 2024, Jut.su, AnimeGO, Yummy Anime, Kara.su, and Animedia were blocked, and in October 2025 Roskomnadzor blocked MyAnimeList. In April 2026, Moscow’s Tagansky District Court also ruled that an anime about a romance between a girl and an anthropomorphic wolf constituted “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations.”