Kolejka (“Queue”) is a popular satirical Polish board game that lampoons life under Stalinist rule; the Russian consumer watchdog Rospotrebnadzor has banned publisher IPN, the Polish “Institute of National Remembrance,” from distributing its Russian version of the game unless they remove “anti-Russian” elements that are “excessively critical” of the USSR.
Over the weekend, IPN reported that Russia’s consumer watchdog Rospotrebnadzor warned that the game is perceived as “anti-Russian” and excessively critical of the Soviet system. Russian authorities asked Trefl, the company who bought the game’s license from IPN, to either remove the direct historical references from it or risk getting the product banned.“IPN did not agree to the implementation of these changes and that is why Kolejka is no longer in Russian shops,” a statement by IPN reads.
RUSSIA BANS POLAND’S ‘COMMUNIST MONOPOLY’ BOARD GAME
[Damien Sharkov/Newsweek]