Transformation of Extremist and Terrorist Ideology Under the Conditions of External Sanction Pressure

At present, the fight against extremism and terrorism is acquiring a serious problem. It is important for the Russian state to study the issues of improving anti-extremist and counter-terrorist activities. In modern realities associated with the exacerbation of geopolitical conflicts in the post-Soviet space, the Russian Federation is faced with international disapproval of its foreign and domestic policy, which is expressed through the imposition of sanctions by many foreign states. Despite the fact that sanctions are of an economic nature, they currently have a very systemic negative impact on the development of Russian society. Against the background of manifestations of external sanctions pressure, there is an active development of extremist and terrorist behavior, which is directly related to the destabilization of public consciousness in the above-mentioned realities. The purpose of the present study is to analyze the process of transformation of the modern extremist and terrorist ideology, which has become widespread on the territory of the Russian state, under the conditions of external sanctions pressure. The author comes to the conclusion that extremism and terrorism as destructive phenomena are steadily developing primarily due to the presence of a stable ideological component, which is actively transformed in the context of many processes taking place in the state and society. Attention is focused on specific manifestations of external sanctions pressure in the process of the modern functioning of the Russian state and society (the economic crisis, which manifested itself in the destabilization of certain sectors of the economy; the lack of certain goods and services that have completely left the Russian market; an increase in unemployment; a decrease in the welfare of the population due to the growth prices and the need to redistribute resources in the context of meeting the needs of a special military operation; destabilization of the banking and credit system of the Russian state, which is being gradually overcome at the present time). It is noted the need to take into account these manifestations in order to improve anti-extremist and counter-terrorism activities.