Abstract
Illegal manifestations expressed in the form of extremist activity are identified by the author as the object of research. Of the entire array of extremist manifestations, the subject of the study is illegal actions expressed in the form of public calls for the implementation of this activity. The main aim of the study is based on linguistic and legal analysis of the term «appeal», the reformation part 2 of article 280 of the Russian Federation Criminal Code (hereinafter - the Criminal Code). A study conducted by the author in the article allows to formulate the following conclusions: significant diversity of the classification criteria of the term «conscription»; the specificity of appeals, subject to the elements of a crime stipulated by article 280 of the Russian Federation Criminal Code, defined by their publicity, specifics and motives; the allocation of part 2 in part 3 of article 280 of the Criminal Code of the phrase «the same acts, committed with the use of information and telecommunication networks, including the network «Internet»»; toughening sanctions re-formed by part 3 of article 280 of the Criminal Code.