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Moscow's Cheryomushkinsky District Court ordered three pirate websites blocked for hosting Rachel Reid's novel 'Heated Rivalry,' a gay hockey romance, citing 'images promoting nontraditional sexual relations.' Independent outlet Verstka found the ruling had been issued despite the only image in question being the book's cover. The ruling highlights Russia's expanding enforcement of laws restricting LGBTQ-related content, which has increasingly been applied to literature and media distributed online, including foreign works accessed through unauthorized channels.