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Books by the Russian linguist and TV host Dmitry Petrov, known for the program “Polyglot” on the Rossiya-Kultura channel, are still being sold in Ukraine. This concerns a whole series of foreign-language textbooks that sellers https://prom.ua/ua/Petrov-dmitrij.html offer on Prom.ua, Rozetka, and the specialized store Poliglot.
Dmitry Petrov is a Russian linguist, simultaneous interpreter, and television host. Petrov gained popularity thanks to the TV project “Polyglot” on Rossiya-Kultura, where he taught foreign languages using his own method. After the show aired, the Russian publisher Eksmo began releasing book courses based on it.
In 2012, the Center for Innovative-Communicative Linguistics was opened in Moscow, which Petrov still heads. After the start of the full-scale war he continued to work in Russia: publishing books, giving lectures, and holding public events. In 2026 his Telegram channel also announces lectures and concerts in Moscow.
What is being sold in Ukraine
On Prom.ua you can find “English. Basic Training,” as well as courses in German, French, Spanish, Italian, Turkish, and Chinese by this Russian author. There are also editions for foreigners learning Russian.
Petrov’s books are sold by at least six Prom.ua sellers: IT-BAZA, Charyvna Maysternya, Znai Bilshe, Buksukar, Bukvoid, and BIGBOOKS.UA. The Ukrainian-language version of the English course costs, for example, 329 UAH, while the Russian-language version costs 540 UAH.
Who publishes Petrov’s books
In the product pages of Ukrainian stores, the author is explicitly listed as Dmitry Petrov, but the publisher is not the Russian Eksmo; it is listed as the Dmitry Petrov Center. For example, “English. 16 Lessons. Basic Training” has ISBN 978-966-97481-4-0 with the Ukrainian prefix 966.
Poliglot.com.ua has a separate section “Publishing House Center Dmitry Petrov,” where 12 of his books are presented. In some product pages they are explicitly named as products of “Izdatelstvo Tsentr Dmitriya Petrova,” which is registered and operates in Russia.
Petrov after 24 February
In one of his interviews Petrov said that on the night before 24 February 2022 he was in Moscow, followed Russian media, and expected an escalation. There was no public condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine by Petrov, nor any statements that would demonstrate his attitude toward the aggressor country’s attack on our state.
At the same time, his publishing activity in Russia continues and is actively developing. New Petrov books are being printed by the Russian publishers Eksmo and Bombori.
Why the books remain on sale
In August the State Committee for Television and Radio reported more than 600 titles of Russian and Belarusian published products that were being sold through Ukrainian online platforms. In July there were over 400 titles, most of which were listed on Prom.ua and Rozetka. Overall, since April 2024, according to the agency, distribution of about 11 thousand such titles has been stopped.
Some cases concerned books from Russian publishers under sanctions, including the aforementioned Eksmo. In April 2026 the State Committee for Television and Radio, together with the prosecutor’s office and the Security Service of Ukraine, even achieved the blocking of six online bookstores that were distributing Russian books.
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