On January 30, 2012, during a visit to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Region, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed depriving accreditation of educational institutions that promote “extremism.” " What to hide? Sometimes teachers are either not ready to carry the right values, or they do some things deliberately; and here, it seems to me, it would be quite natural for the Ministry of Education and regional authorities to use means of response, in some cases this It may be that the accreditation of one or another educational institution is deprived for promoting extremist values; there is nothing to be ashamed of ,” the president said.

It is not entirely clear on what basis a university can be deprived of its accreditation because of one teacher, even if his statements actually pose a significant public danger. In our opinion, D. Medvedev’s proposal is clearly excessive and repressive in relation to universities.

In addition, we see here obvious ground for abuse, since if desired, “extremist values” (an unclear phrase that can mean, for example, any opinion different from that approved by the authorities) can be found in the statements of almost any teacher, especially in social sciences.

Sources

Medvedev called for depriving educational institutions of accreditation for extremism // ITAR-TASS. 2012. January 30.
Medvedev proposed depriving universities of accreditation for “propaganda of extremist values” // Gazeta.ru. 2012. January 30.

President Medvedev proposes to deprive educational institutions of accreditation for “propaganda of extremist values”