Teachers and students of the Russian State University held a rally against the dismissal of professors

Teachers and students of the Russian State Humanitarian University held a rally in the courtyard of their university against the dismissal of leading professors-consultants. It is reported by "Medusa". The action was attended by several dozen people.

The new rector of the University Evgeny Ivakhnenko came to the protesters at their request. As journalist Andrei Borodulin wrote on Twitter, a "lively but polite dispute" began.

The rector assured that the final decision on the dismissal of professors-consultants was not made. He also promised to call each out of 15 people, the inclusion of which was reported on the list of dismissal on the eve, and apologize.

In addition, Ivakhnenko denied information about plans to combine two university units - the Institute of Philology and History and the Mass Media Institute.

Meanwhile, on the Change.org platform, the collection of signatures under the petition in the name of Ivakhnenko continues to guarantee the continuation of the work of professors-consultants and the preservation of the institution of philology and history as a separate structure.

On Tuesday, it became known that six professors-consultants of the Russian State Humanitarian University warned of the upcoming dismissals . The warnings were received by literary critics Yuri Mann, Nina Pavlova and Vadim Gaevsky, as well as linguists Nikolai Fedorov, Vladimir Dybo and Alexander Militarev. Each of these employees is a noticeable scientist in their field. In total, 15 people are supposed to be fired.

Then the media reported plans to fully or partially merge the institution of philology and history with the Institute of Mass Media. At the same time, the current director of the Mass Media Institute, Nikolai Svanidze, who, as stated, should head the United Institute, assured that he did not receive such proposals and did not know anything about the merger of the units.

In turn, Ivakhnenko denied the dismissal of consultant professors. “Unambiguously, these professors do not quit!” He said. “We have a reorganization, but it does not apply to people of the most deserved.” He expressed bewilderment in connection with the "why this problem arose, which is why it occurred."

In mid-March, Ivakhnenko stated that "there were no rampant abbreviations, but some forms of reorganization are inevitable."