KIEV,  August 12

Kiev's public relations war with Moscow scaled new heights on Wednesday as Ukraine released a list of high-profile Russian reporters and authors whose books will be banned from sale.

Ukraine's tax and customs service said 38 works by such Russian media celebrities as Sergei Dorenko and critically acclaimed author Eduard Limonov were targeted under the ban.

The original request to seize the works was made in July by the state media committee — a controversial organisation that had earlier forbidden the broadcast of Russian movies and TV series that allegedly disparaged Ukrainian history.

The television and radio watchdog accused the listed Russian authors of "promoting fascism" and "humiliating and insulating a nation and its people".

They were also accused of "promoting war, racial and religious strife... and threatening the territorial integrity of Ukraine".