Extremism and terrorism: differentiation of the concepts according the Russian criminal law

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship and differentiation of the concepts of "extremism" and "terrorism", which is explained by the need to discover their common and distinctive characteristics, since they encroach on various objects and differ in the nature of public danger. Within the framework of this study, an attempt was made to identify and expand the features that for these concepts, at first glance, are synonymous. The specific motives and goals of crimes, both extremist and terrorist, are also considered. The objectives of the study are to analyze the content of the concepts of "extremism" and "terrorism" since they act as international, and therefore domestic, criminal and political crimes. Conclusions: within the framework of the study, we come to the conclusion that the nature of extremism and terrorism is dictated by various antisocial phenomena. And not the least role in their growth was played by globalization, which provoked economic, political, spiritual, moral and cultural crises. When determining terrorist activity, one should take into account the specific motives and goals that it possesses and which are inherent only to it, which individualizes the nature of terrorism as a violent influence of radical political groups and adherents of their views and ideas on the population, government bodies in order to promote their ideological goals ... Extremism, in turn, qualifies as a predisposition to radical political ideas, extreme opinions and similar ways of implementing them.

extremism, terrorism, counteraction, crime, struggle