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3 February 2015. Today, the heads of services involved in the elimination of the damage caused by the fire held a meeting. It was leaded by the Prefecture of the Southwestern Administrative Area of Moscow. The meeting was attended by the members of the INION office of emergency, the Federal Agency for Scientific Organisations (FASO), the Emergency Control Ministry (EMERCOM) and law enforcement agencies. According to the INION Deputy Director Dmitry Efremenko, immediate decisions have been made to preserve the library and other property holdings, to maintain safety and to protect the perimeter the area. The law enforcement agencies have organized the 24-hour guarding of the INION building and the surrounding grounds.

The relocation of IT equipment and materials required for the administrative services of the Institute has started. Today, the INION Accountancy is back to work. “The evaluation of actual damage begins. The disaster recovery plan for the funds which had suffered from the fire has been drawn,” – said Dmitry Efremenko.

Today, management and staff of the library will conduct a visual inspection of the library storage. Expert council on the restoration of the INION book fund is being set up. It will include the heads of professional organisations and leading book restoration experts.

Victor Glukhov, Director of the INION Fundamental Library:

"Today we should inspect the library storage to learn the scale of the disaster: which part has burnt, which one is now full of water, which part has not been damaged. Later on this evening we will decide what to do. We have an external expert from the Russian State Library Alexander Soshnin. Currently an Expert council is being set up. Many experts are invited to this council, including the directors the libraries that offered their assistance. We will definitely accept this help.”