Alexander Andreyevich is the author of the idea of the "Fifth Empire."
The new novel by writer Alexander Prokhanov, "Lemner," whose main character is based on the creator of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has been removed from sale, noted Echo. The book describes, among other things, how the Russian president, referred to by the name Leonid Leonidovich Troyevidov, keeps the bodies of enemies in his office and feeds on the blood of virgins.
"President Leonid Leonidovich Troyevidov took care of his health. He went skiing, played night hockey, dove for amphorae, fished in taiga rivers, and was fond of rhythmic gymnastics. However, in a special way, although according to the Olympic program. Once a month, he rejuvenated himself, completely changing his blood. The blood transfusion was performed according to a Chinese method. The Chairman of the Communist Party of China shared it with Leonid Leonidovich. He sent him a wonderful porcelain vase with pink leeches from Beijing. These leeches were raised in the azure ponds of the Summer Imperial Palace. These leeches were fed with the blood of Chinese virgins. Receiving the Chinese gift from Beijing, Leonid Leonidovich would shut himself in, fill the bathtub with warm, lavender-scented water, and immerse himself naked in the tub. From the porcelain vase depicting a golden dragon, he released the pink leeches into the bath. The leeches instantly stuck to his body from head to toe. They latched onto Leonid Leonidovich, drank his weary blood, and infused him in return with the blood of Chinese virgins. The bites of the pink leeches were gentle, like kisses. They lulled him to sleep. Leonid Leonidovich blissfully fell asleep in the warm water, saturating himself with virgin purity and freshness," Prokhanov described the peculiarities of the head of the Russian state. The novel has disappeared from the "Chitai-Gorod" website, and the Ozon marketplace indicates that physical copies of the book are sold out.
The presentation of "Lemner," which was supposed to take place at the Moscow House of Books, has been removed from the poster. Prokhanov himself commented on the cancellation of the event, stating that it was done by "frightened owners." But soon he deleted his post. Later, the MDK channel explained the cancellation of the presentation by stating that its conduct could provoke "third parties" to commit crimes against the author and readers.
"Prokhanov was confident that he could discuss such topics without hindrance. However, presentations are being canceled. We all — both 'liberals' and 'patriots' — are sailing in the same censorship boat," wrote literary critic Galina Yuzefovich.
Alexander Andreyevich Prokhanov (born February 26, 1938, Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian writer, prose writer, publicist, journalist, screenwriter, and public and political figure. He was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Den'" (1991–1993) and "Zavtra" (since 1993). He is a member of the secretariat of the Union of Writers of Russia. He is a laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize (1982). He is a Hero of Labor of the Russian Federation (2025). A state ideologist, he adheres to radical national-imperial positions. He criticizes liberal democracy.
He is the author of the idea of the "Fifth Empire" (works "Fifth Empire," "Symphony of the 'Fifth Empire,'" "Technologies of the 'Fifth Empire'"), according to which Russia as a successful and independent state can only exist as an empire. According to Prokhanov's thought, in the early 21st century, the Fifth Kingdom (or Fifth Empire) should emerge, which will replace the preceding Russian empires — Kievan Rus', the Moscow Tsardom, the "White Kingdom of the Romanovs," and the "Red" Soviet Union. The new Russian empire, according to the author's idea, will unite all the previous positive spiritual and mental experience, becoming an ideological religious-mystical community — simultaneously the Heavenly City and the Earthly City. The project "Fifth Empire" by Alexander Prokhanov and his media complex later merged with the ideology of the "Russian World."
He has been publishing since 1960. His first book was a collection of essays and stories about the village titled "I Go on My Way" (1971). He is the author of military-political novels "A Tree in the Center of Kabul" (1982), "In the Islands, a Hunter" (1984; about Cambodia), "Africanist" (1984; about Mozambique), "And Here Comes the Wind" (1985; about Nicaragua), as well as "Drawings of a Battalist" (1988), "Six Hundred Years After the Battle" (1990), "The Last Soldier of the Empire" (1993), "Chechen Blues" (1998), and others. The pamphlet-novel "Mr. Hexogen" (2001) represents a combination of mysticism and reality. The book "The March of the Russian Victory" (2012) presents reflections on the past and future of Russia.
