Abstract: The subject of the study was the theoretical, legal and applied aspects of the prosecutor's office's participation in the field of countering extremism. In the course of the study, strategic planning documents, regulatory legal acts and empirical materials were studied, including: a) The Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal laws, decrees of the President of the Russian Federation, Government resolutions, organizational and administrative documents of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation on the participation of the Prosecutor's Office in the field of countering extremist activity; b) materials of the supervisory and other functional activities of the prosecutor's office available to the author's team concerning the subject of the study; c) statistical forms containing information on the state of crime related to encroachments on the national interests of the Russian Federation, as well as data on the results of the activities of the prosecutor's office to ensure the national security of the Russian Federation. The consideration of theoretical and applied aspects of the prosecutor's office's participation in countering extremist activities was carried out on the basis of a general scientific dialectical method of cognition of legal and social phenomena related to extremism. Other private and special techniques and methods were also used: formal-legal, structural-functional, systemic, statistical. The study also used a set of methods of criminology and prosecutorial supervision. The main conclusions are concluded in the definition of the main theoretical, legal and applied aspects of the activities of the prosecutor's office in the field of countering extremist activities. Reviewed and analyzed: theoretical approaches to determining the place of the prosecutor's office in the system of countering extremism in the Russian Federation; specifics of the legal regulation of the prosecutor's office in the system of countering extremism in the Russian Federation;
identification of the main applied aspects of the prosecutor's office's participation in the implementation of anti-extremist activities.

Abstract: The object of the study is public relations related to counteraction to extremist activities.
The subject of the study is the organizational and legal basis for its provision, both in modern Russia and in foreign countries. The purpose of the study is to conduct a comprehensive theoretical study of the fight against extremism and its prevention by the Interdepartmental Commission on Countering Extremism, to study the mechanisms of countering extremism, to analyze the available scientific literature, to develop a theoretical design of the support system. Theoretical and other sources considered together are a common information base that contributes to the achievement of scientific validity and reliability of the formulated provisions. The empirical basis of the study is formed by documents and materials of federal government bodies, public authorities of the subjects of the Russian Federation, information and analytical materials that allow assessing the state and level of protection of the state and society from extremist threats. The methodological basis of the research consists in the use of a set of existing methods of cognition, the basis of which is the dialectical method. General scientific techniques (analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction) are used in the study of individual issues of the topic. Special legal methods of scientific cognition are also widely used: formal legal, historical legal, comparative legal, structural and functional. The use of a set of methods allowed us to explore the theoretical aspects of countering extremism. The scientific novelty of the study is that it is
one of the first scientific papers addressing the issues of the Interdepartmental Commission on Countering Extremism in the Russian Federation by analyzing various aspects of its activities and legal regulation. The article proposes the author's own approaches to the systematic study of problems related to legal regulation and the mechanism for exercising the powers of the Interdepartmental Commission on Countering Extremism in the context of analyzing the essence and issues of implementing specific areas of activity, building interaction with public authorities and public organizations, examines the problems of anti-extremist work, their content and relationship with the operational situation, suggests specific directions for improving legislation and directions for new scientific research in this area.

Abstract: One of the most widespread directions of counterterrorism efforts is a targeted influence on the potential terrorists before they actually start their terrorist activity. To perform this complicated task, it is necessary to have the exact information about the characteristics of such personalities, which can be collected only by means of scientific interpretation of various significant data. It can help to find out what factors promote the formation of a personality of a terrorist and choose the measures aimed at their elimination thus preventing terrorist organizations from recruiting new members. The author studies such factors as the motive and the circumstances characterising the personality of a convict, which are subject to proving in the course of criminal proceedings according to part 1, article 73 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation. The author formulates the following conclusions: crimes of terrorism are ususally committed by young men (under the age of 30) with a low level of education; the increase of immigration to the Russian Federation leads to the increase of the number of the members of international terrorist organizations in the country; the reasons and  conditions leading to terrorist crimes are not being studied sufficiently enough; there is an interrelation between the criminological characteristics of terrorists’ personalities and the mechanisms of their involvement into terrorist activity, and the specificity of the roles performed by them in an organized crime group; the social sphere of regular terrorists is narrow, which determines their susceptibility to the terrorist ideology. 
 

Abstract: The authors study in details such aspects of the problem as the processes of criminal concrement of organized crime, corruption and terrorism, in which organized crime plays the role of initiating (defining) factor of emergence of corruption interconnections of government institutions and terrorist groups. It means that terrorist activity, possessing a range of common features typical for, among other things, organized crime, is impossible without corruption-related contacts in government institutions and self-government bodies. Therefore, long-term functioning of terrorist groups means the presence of a corruption element. The authors study the common patterns of using corruption-related practices by terrorists and substantiate the list of corruption-determined terrorist threats.
The authors formulate the suggestions about the extension of the list of risks connected with the corruption-based financing of terrorism. Corruption in government institutions, local self-government bodies and security agencies is a fueler for the development of terrorism, acting, on the one hand, as a reason for its emergence, and on the other hand, as an indispensable condition of its existence. The recognition of corruption as an independent risk factor of the creation of favorable conditions for the financing of terrorism will help to improve counterterrorism efforts. 
The authors note that the terrorist threat increases with the level of corruption. Thus, the fight against corruption should remain one of the key directions of national policy, and the effectiveness of these counterterrorism efforts will affect the reduction of terrorist threat level for the state. 
 

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The subject of this research is examination of the link between terrorism and organized crime. Particular attention is dedicated to studying the link between illegal drug trafficking, organized crime and terrorist criminal activities, worsened by use of arms and explosives, illegal drug trade, violence, human trafficking, illegal trade of artefacts, natural resources, including gold and other precious metals and gemstones, minerals, wild nature resources, charcoal, oil and petroleum products;  kidnapping for ransom, and other crimes related to extortion and bank raid, which create a threat to the state’s constitutional order and violate the fundamental human rights. The research methodology contains the comparative-legal method and analysis of the materials of law enforcement practice of the Russian Federation (such as court verdicts and criminal law cases and materials). The scientific novelty is defined by the fact that the author is first to summarize the law enforcement experience of the Russian Federation confirming the link between terrorism and various manifestations of organized crime (organized criminal groups, criminal profiteering, arms trafficking, and others). The conclusion is made on the need to develop system response measures to symbiosis of the aforementioned socially dangerous phenomena.
 

Abstract: In this article modern approaches to the concept "ideology of terrorism" are investigated. The interrelation and interdependence of ideology of terrorism with extremism, radicalism, separatism and other social phenomena is shown. The ambiguous nature of ideology of terrorism as the steady, adapted, reproduced and transformed phenomenon is depicted. The structure of ideology of terrorism is considered. The wide range of the differentiated warning facilities of emergence of ideology of terrorism is offered. An attempt to lay the foundation to full formation of new ideological system of the Russian state and international community as a counterbalance of ideology of terrorism is made.During work on article as the author such methods of knowledge of social reality as historical and legal, formal and logical, sociological and politological were used. The author studied the considerable volume of domestic literature and materials of law-enforcement practice. Scientific novelty of research consists in integrated and multidimensional approach approach to consideration of a perspective of "ideology of terrorism". The author specified a conceptual framework, sfomulirovana specific proposals on reforming and increase of efficiency of activities for the prevention of ideology of terrorism. Conclusions of article can be used in the course of improvement of the legislation, in educational process.

Abstract: The article is devoted to the history of formation of Wahhabism in the system 'Hanabilah - Salafi - Wahhabism'. The author of the article studies the development, expansion and formation of Wahhabism in Russia and abroad. The author carries out a critical analysis of such terms as 'Islamism', 'Traditional Islam',  and 'Nontraditional Islam'. By using examples from law enforcement pratice, the author carries out a research to approve or disapprove the thesis about terrorism, extremism and Wahhabism being interconnected. This article is the first one in Russian science to reveal the main theoretical (philosophical, politological, historical and judicial) approaches to the problem of Wahhabism. The author also describes the main approaches to the legal regulation of Wahhabism and related religious movements in foreign states. 
The author analyzes the political and legal environment with reference to Wahhabism and its legal regulation in Russia. 
Special attention is paid to the following: directions of reformation of relations between religious associations and the government, managerial problems and legal issues. The author also makes certain suggestions on how to improve and increase efficiency of state and civil society in the sphere of religious relations, suppression of extremism and terrorism. 

Abstract: Based upon analysis of legal, psychological, political and other special sources of literature and legal practice, the author studies the current situation in the sphere of  patriotic education of the citizens of the Russian Federation and the legal issues of its regulation.  Much attention is paid to the specific personality features of convicts, who have committed terrorist and extremist crimes, the author also provides examples of judicial and investigation practice.  The author pays attention to the connections between patriotic education of the youth and the people of the Russian Federation and the system of national security guarantees within a state, the article points out the ways to legal solutions of the existing problems in this sphere.  The author also provides an overview of the tendencies regarding patriotic education in the foreign states, and the possibilities of using their positive experience in Russia. The article may be of interest to a wide range of readers, who are interested in the issues of criminal personality, resocialization, crime prevention, legal education of citizens, and participation of citizens in guaranteeing national security of the Russian Federation.