As an article by Academician Afanasyeva got into the list of extremist literature

The Ministry of Justice of Russia updated the federal list of extremist materials . Among the prohibited materials are the publication of the founder of the Russian State Humanitarian University (RSU) Yuri Afanasyev "Bitches of Russian" liberalism ". The Ministry of Justice placed the article on 1673 a line.

Afanasyev’s publication was banned by the Kirovsky District Court of Omsk by a decision of November 13, 2012. For the first time, the article "Is a liberal mission possible in Russia today?" It was published on February 16, 2011 on the website of the Liberal Mission Foundation .

A month later, on March 22 of the same year, the article appeared on the Radio Liberty website under the heading of Yuri Afanasyev against liberals. " On the same day, the text was reinstalled on the website "Free Speech/Freedom of Speech" . Moreover, the article again changed the headline for the "bitches of Russian" liberalism "and illustrations appeared. It was with this heading that the article by Academician Afanasyev was recognized as extremist.

The Kirov court also recognized the extremist and another publication from the site "Free Speech/Freedom of speech" - an article by Sergey Melnicoff "A letter from Kamikadze, or why the journalist’s daughter chose Japan for life" ( in the list of the Ministry of Justice - paragraph 1531 ).

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Full Member of the Academy of Humanities Yuri Afanasyev from 1991 to 2003 was the rector of the Russian State Humanitarian University, from 2003 to 2006 - the president of this university. Academician Afanasyev has many awards and titles, is the author of more than 400 scientific publications.