Modern aspects of international terrorism

Abstract

The article examines the features of international terrorism in the modern period. Terrorist attacks, with appropriate signs, belong to international crimes against humanity. It is recognized that in the conditions of digitalization of society, crimes, including terrorism, are increasingly being carried out in a new way in the form of the use of digital technologies. The regulatory framework for bringing to criminal responsibility for terrorist crimes with the use of computer technology under the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation has been determined. The question of the public danger of terrorist attacks, dynamically committed using digital technologies both at the international and national levels, is being investigated. The author substantiates the conclusion that the introduction of increased liability in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation for the use of a digital method of committing terrorist crimes is necessary only in situations of urgent threat of death of people, causing significant property damage, the onset of other grave consequences.