Current problems of criminal regulation of the fight against terrorism in Russia

Terrorist activity in the modern world is one of the pressing problems that hinders the development of civilization and is a serious catastrophic factor in human society. Terrorism is one of the most dangerous criminal acts, which is characterized by the complexity of forecasting, the rapid spread of a variety of forms of terrorist behavior and the threatening scale of this illegal activity. At present, the problem of terrorism is especially urgent due to the aggravation of political, economic and social contradictions. One can observe how the level of terrorist manifestations of extremist-minded groups is growing, the nature of terrorist activities is becoming more and more complex, the anti-humanity and sophistication of terrorist acts are increasing. The fight against terrorism in the world and in the Russian state is becoming one of the priority areas of policy, representing an important element in ensuring national and international security. In this regard, for Russia, the problem of combating terrorism has become quite relevant in recent years both from the domestic political and foreign policy points of view. The purpose of writing a research paper is to analyze the current criminal law regulation of the fight against terrorism in Russia, identify existing problems and determine the main ways to solve them. The author comes to the conclusion that there are a number of gaps and shortcomings in the current Russian criminal legislation regarding the regulation of liability for committing certain terrorist crimes and formulates proposals for amending the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

terrorism, counterterrorism activities, combating terrorism, countering terrorist crimes, Russian criminal law