The legal nature of Russia’s financing of inter-state terrorism and its war with Ukraine

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the legal nature of Russia’s financing of interstate terrorism and its war against Ukraine, which has already changed the history of the XXI century. It is noted that one of the most obvious features of this war was its intercivilizational nature, which necessitates a rethinking of all political and sociocultural processes not only in Ukraine and Russia, but also in Europe and the world, the need for fundamental renewal of worldviews and methodological approaches and categorical apparatus. The position that the above fully applies to the understanding of the problem of the legal nature of Russia’s financing of interstate terrorism and the war in Ukraine, which is the main goal of our study, is substantiated. The specific tasks of the analysis of the above problem are to clarify: the legal nature of Russia’s financing of interstate terrorism; legal bases and sources of financing of the Russian Federation war in Ukraine.
 The methodological basis of the study are the principles of objectivity and historicism; anthroposocio- cultural and axiological approaches combined with the methods developed by Samuel Huntington for the analysis of intercivilizational wars in his bestseller “Clash of Civilizations”.
 Based on the analysis of relevant regulations, doctrinal provisions and facts, the conclusion is substantiated that the leading form of financing Russian state terrorism against Ukraine during the preparation of the Russian-Ukrainian war and from the beginning of this war to full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine was Russia’s sponsorship of anti-Ukrainian terrorism. On February 24, 2022, this form gave way to direct budget funding by Russia for its terrorism against Ukraine. Russia’s source of funding for its war against Ukraine at all stages of the preparation and conduct of this war has been and remains the direct budgetary allocation of its State budget funds, obtained mainly from energy exports, primarily oil and gas.