Abstract
In the paper, the authors attempt to consider some economic and legal aspects of preventing and countering extremism in the Russian Federation. Approaches to understanding of extremism, its forms as a whole, causes of its spread and methods to be used to counter the spread of extremist views have been investigated. Influence of social and economic factors on the extremist ideology spread in Russia has been studied. Some problems of the extremist ideology spread in Russia have been considered from various viewpoints. By analyzing the existing approaches to solving the issues under consideration as well as the results of a survey carried out among the population of the Republic of Dagestan, as one of the most unstable in this context, constituent entities in the North Caucasus, the authors have made a number of conclusions regarding the causes, conditions, factors of the extremist views spread and efficiency of countering methods. The paper focuses on the regional aspect of extremism countering organization in the territory of the Russian Federation; moreover, the possibility to involve public institutions in this process on the basis of positive experience gained by some Russian constituent entities is investigated. In particular, the analysis subjects were adaptation commissions which had been created in some entities of the North Caucasus. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n6s5p122
Highlights
Nowadays, in the Russian Federation, despite the general constitutional principles of regulation established in the Constitution of the Russian Federation of 1993, the ideological sphere is still quite unstable, contradictory, it is one of the factors determining the content and rate of development of the political, social and economic, and cultural spheres of the social life of the country
A negative perception was reflected in the answer to the question concerning changes that occurred in recent years in combating extremism, the majority of respondents answered that the situation has worsened (38%), or the situation has not changed (25%)
Answers to the question concerning the real powers of the government authorities in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in countering extremism (46% - positive answers, 49% - negative ones)
Summary
In the Russian Federation, despite the general constitutional principles of regulation established in the Constitution of the Russian Federation of 1993, the ideological sphere is still quite unstable, contradictory, it is one of the factors determining the content and rate of development of the political, social and economic, and cultural spheres of the social life of the country. According to the law enforcement authorities, activities of the extremist structures and illegal armed groups as a major threatening factor in the public security significantly influence on the crime situation. It should be noted that the number of terrorist crimes has decreased; this may demonstrate more efficient work of the law enforcement authorities, though at the last stage of the extremist organizations' activities. This fact again proves the need to strengthen efforts to warn, prevent and suppress extremism and, the extremist views spread among the population
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