American writer Stephen King has officially suspended cooperation on all new contracts in Russia, which is waging war in Ukraine. The writer's agent notified the AST publication, which publishes books in the Russian Federation, about this, Meduza reports..

The representative of the publishing house said that “for some time” the last book of the writer in Russia will be “Billy Summers”, which will appear in the bookstores of the aggressor country on April 6, the digital release should take place on April 15.

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“The rights to all previously purchased works remain with AST for the entire duration of the contracts (the next three to four years), but there really won’t be any new novels and renewal of expired rights in the near future,” AST said..

King is the best-selling author in Russia, since 2016, 6.7 million copies of the writer's books have been sold in this country.

King from the very beginning supported Ukraine in the war unleashed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. On March 5, he tweeted that he would not renew his book contracts in Russia..