Ivan Filippov

Ivan Borisovich Filippov (Иван Борисович Филиппов) is a Russian writer residing (as of January 2024) in Tbilisi, Georgia.

The novel tells the story of a pink mouse that escaped from a facility developing an immortality serum for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Roskomnadzor, the Russian federal executive censoring agency, recognized that the book contains passages and material to "destabilize the socio-political situation in Russia", and demanded the removal of the book from sale in 2024.

The prosecutor's office also labeled Filippov as a foreign agent".

[2] Filippov satirically speaks out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine on his Telegram channel.