Q: What do L. Ron Hubbard and Hitler have in common?

A: Their books have recently been added to Russia's federal list of extremist materials. According to The Other Russia, after "psycholinguistic analysis" the Prosecutor General has banned the works of L. Ron Hubbard because “Specialists in the fields of psychiatry, psychology and sociology concluded that the materials presented for analysis are not acceptable to distribute, as they undermine the traditional spiritual basis of the lives of citizens of the Russian Federation."

If you peruse the list (here, in Russian) you'll  see three other types of literature, the kind you would expect: Russian nationalist/neo-Nazi, radical Islamic/Caucasian propoganda, and revolutionary/anti-government materials. Mein Kampf was also banned a few weeks ago, but neither Hubbard or Hitler appear on the list yet.

But of all the works that are banned on the territory of the Russian Federation, I'd love to hear an explanation for document #229, a magazine called "Wild West Stories."

Um, what?