On February 25, 2009, the State Public Historical Library of Russia (GPIB) hosted a round table dedicated to the work of libraries with publications included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. The organizers of the round table were GPIB and the Information and Analytical Center "SOVA".

We are publishing fragments of the transcript of a round table dedicated to the work of libraries with publications included in the “Federal List of Extremist Materials”, held in Moscow on February 25, 2009. Director of the GPIB of Russia Mikhail Dmitrievich Afanasyev : ....We have been brought together here by a story related to the law “On Combating Extremist Activities.” It should be noted that libraries are law-abiding institutions.