Extremism among the youth as a problem of national security: legal aspect

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Irkutsk National Research Technical University
Institute of Economics, Management and Law
EXTREMISM AMONG THE YOUTH AS A PROBLEM OF
NATIONAL SECURITY: LEGAL ASPECT
Сompleted by: S.S. Rodionova
Group: NB-20-1
Scientific adviser: I.V.Kurshova, Candidate of
Sciences (PhD), Historical Sciences, associate
professor
Irkutsk 2025

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Purpose of this work is to analyze legal norms, theoretical positions, and law
enforcement practice devoted to the system of state regulation of activities in the field of
countering extremism.
The relevance of extremism among young people is due to the threat of the growth of
extremist organizations and the need to ensure the safety of the population.
Methods
Analysis
comparison
description
statistical method
empirical-inductive method

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Tasks:
1. consideration of essence of youth extremism as a threat to national security in
modern Russia
2. analysis of the organizational and legal foundations of counteraction of
extremism
3. classifying the features of counteraction of extremism as a priority task in the
activities of law enforcement agencies
4. study of modern measures to counter extremism in Russia defining the and
ways to improve them.

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Extremism is a commitment to extreme views, positions and measures in public
activities.
Causes of youth
extremism
ideological
immaturity
psychological
features
socioeconomic
factors

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Organizational and
legal basis for
countering
extremism
Legislative framework:
• Federal Law “On
Countering Extremist
Activities”
• The Criminal Code of
the Russian
Federation
• The Code of
Administrative
Offences
Оrganizational structure:
• Federal Security
Service of Russia
• Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Russia
• Prosecutor’s Office of
the Russian Federation
• Ministry of Justice of
the Russian Federation
Mechanisms of
interaction:
• information
exchange
• joint operational
search activities
• international
cooperation

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Features of countering extremism
Working with
information
Complex
nature
Preventive
nature
High
dynamism
Difficulty of identifying
evidence

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EXAMPLES
The Redskins movement is red-headed
skinheads.
Red shoelaces and suspenders
on trousers, symbols of the
Communist Party of the USSR
Redskins are calling for violence
Anti-racist
views, they are united primarily by anti-fascism

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CONCLUSION
• We examined the essence of youth extremism
• We conducted an analysis of the basics of countering
extremism
• A classification of counteraction features has been
determined
• Measures to counter extremism have been studied.