His grandfather was awarded the medal "For the Defense of Leningrad".[15]
Rustem Vakhitov graduated from the Physics Faculty of Bashkir State University in 1993.[16][17] From 2009 to 2012, he studied for a doctorate at the Herzen University.[18]
His dissertation was on the philosophy of science.[19]
He was a student of Sergei Kara-Murza.[20]
Since 1994 he has been teaching philosophy.[21]
He is an docent at the Bashkir State University and the Ufa State Petroleum Technological University.[22][23]
Vakhitov is the author of 97 scientific publications.[24]
He is a member of the editorial board of the newspaper Sovetskaya Rossiya.[25]
He was published in newspapers (Literaturnaya Gazeta, Krasnaya Zvezda) and magazines (Yunost, Herald of Culturology, Filosofskie nauki, Voprosy Filosofii[26], Вестник МГУ[9], Русско-Византийский вестник[10], Социологический журнал[27], Ватандаш[28]),[29][30][31] and websites (Pravoslavie.ru,[32] Русская народная линия[33], Богослов.ru[34]). He is the co-author of the book "Антимиф. Поваренная книга манипулятора. Деконструкция мифов современной России" (2004).[35]
His book «Ленин и мы. Разоблачение мифов» was included in the top 100 best books of 2025 according to the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda".[36] The foreword to this book was written by Zakhar Prilepin.[37]
His book – "У нас была великая культура" – was published, like the previous book, by AST in 2025.[38]
This book was edited by German Sadulaev.
Vakhitov's book about Lenin went through two editions. He is interested in Soviet culture.[39]
His assistance to the Communist Party of the Russian Federation was praised by the party's leader, Gennady Zyuganov.[40] Vakhitov criticized Aleksandr Dugin[41] and the historian Aleksandr Dyukov.[42]
He lives in Ufa.[43]
He is married. His son died in 2023.[44]
