SEPARATE ASPECTS OF COUNTERACTION TO ECONOMIC Online Extremism

In this article, the authors raise the problems of economic extremism on the Internet, which, in recent years, are increasingly adopted by foreign intelligence agencies to weaken the economy of the Russian state. Economic extremism is used as a means of pressure in political confrontation between States. They act by creating and distributing «fake news» that weaken entire sectors of the Russian economy, put on the brink of bankruptcy of the enterprise, bring down the ruble. The methods by which individual States operate are no different from the actions of extremist organizations. They create an opinion in the world community about the alleged violation of human rights, violation of international law in Russia, replace real life values with false ones. The imposition of sanctions (economic blockade, embargo, bans on the import or export of goods) against the Russian Federation by individual States can also be attributed to a kind of economic extremism. The authors point out that the distribution of extremist materials is carried out through publications, leaflets, posters, pictures, as well as through the Internet and social networks. The Internet provides members of extremist organizations with the opportunity to promote their ideology among a large number of users (the audience can reach hundreds of thousands or even millions of people). Now the majority of extremist materials are distributed through the Internet, which allows to hide both the author and the source of the publication until a certain time. Very often the sites of extremist organizations are located outside the country, which complicates the identification of extremists, as well as blocking this information and preventing its promotion and dissemination. At the same time, extremist groups are inter-regional or inter-state in nature, which also significantly complicates the process of identifying such crimes. In this regard, the authors of this article suggest some forms of monitoring of the Internet space for the timely detection and prevention of such criminal manifestations in order to resist the spread of ideas of economic extremism.

экономический экстремизм, интернет, социальные сети, мониторинг, национальная безопасность, правоохранительные органы