Trends in countering terrorism and extremism in Russia in the 2010s (based on the analysis of departmental statistics)

The article is devoted to the study of trends in the counteraction of state bodies to terrorism and extremism in the XXI century based on the study of statistics of Russian authorities (the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, the Prosecutor General’s office of Russia, Roskomnadzor, Rosfinmonitoring, courts). The authors analyzes indicators of different state bodies. Much attention is given to a significant increase in the activity of state bodies in countering extremism and terrorism, and a serious transformation of approaches to it, which is manifested, among other things, in the growing attention to prevention. The authors notes that major changes have taken place in the sphere of countering extremist propaganda: considerable attention is being paid to Internet activity and the introduction of extra-judicial practices that allow for more rapid suppression of attempts to spread radical views. The authors identify certain problems that reduce the effectiveness of work in this area, which become obvious by analyzing of the ideological affiliation of such publications. The authors comes to the conclusion that the system of countering terrorism and extremism formed in Russia is quite effective.

terrorism, extremism, effectiveness of counter-terrorism, countering extremism