Rustem Rinatovich Vakhitov (; born 1970) is a Russian philosopher, publicist, writer, and candidate of philosophical sciences. He is a columnist for the newspaper Sovetskaya Rossiya, and is a member of the Union of Writers of Russia. He is a researcher of Eurasianism. And he himself belongs to this line of thought (to the left-wing).
He is a laureate of the Eurasian Philosophy Prize (2025).
His grandfather was awarded the medal "For the Defense of Leningrad".
Rustem Vakhitov graduated from the Physics Faculty of Bashkir State University in 1993. From 2009 to 2012, he studied for a doctorate at the Herzen University. His dissertation was on the philosophy of science. He was a student of Sergei Kara-Murza. Since 1994 he has been teaching philosophy. He is an docent at the Bashkir State University and the Ufa State Petroleum Technological University. Vakhitov is the author of 97 scientific publications. He is a member of the editorial board of the newspaper Sovetskaya Rossiya.
He was published in newspapers (Literaturnaya Gazeta, Krasnaya Zvezda) and magazines (Yunost, Herald of Culturology, Filosofskie nauki, Voprosy Filosofii, , àÃÂÃÂÃÂúþ-ÃÂø÷ðýÃÂøùÃÂúøù òõÃÂÃÂýøú, , ), and websites (Pravoslavie.ru, , ). He is the co-author of the book "ÃÂýÃÂøüøÃÂ. ÃÂþòðÃÂõýýðàúýøóð üðýøÿÃÂûÃÂÃÂþÃÂð. ÃÂõúþýÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂúÃÂøàüøÃÂþò ÃÂþòÃÂõüõýýþù àþÃÂÃÂøø" (2004).
His book ëÃÂõýøý ø üÃÂ. àð÷þñûðÃÂõýøõ üøÃÂþòû was included in the top 100 best books of 2025 according to the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda". The foreword to this book was written by Zakhar Prilepin. His book â "ã ýðàñÃÂûð òõûøúðàúÃÂûÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂð" â was published, like the previous book, by AST in 2025. This book was edited by German Sadulaev. Vakhitov's book about Lenin went through two editions. He is interested in Soviet culture.
His assistance to the Communist Party of the Russian Federation was praised by the party's leader, Gennady Zyuganov. Vakhitov criticized Aleksandr Dugin and the historian Aleksandr Dyukov.
He lives in Ufa. He is married. His son died in 2023.