MOSCOW, Oct. 29 - The director of Moscow's Library of Ukrainian Literature has been detained by police on suspicion of inciting ethnic hatred.

Natalia Sharina, who has headed the library since 2011, was detained by police after they searched the library, confiscating books and documents said to spread “anti-Russian propaganda,“ according to a report carried by the Independent.

An investigative committee accuses Sharina of violating the law on “Countering Extremist Activity“ for stocking books by the Ukrainian activist Dmytro Korchynsky, which are banned in Russia.