Main Directions Of Countering Terrorism And Extremism In Modern Conditions

Terrorism and extremism have become the global problems of our time.The unprecedented surge of these crimes and the large number of victims cause concern for the entire world community.The dynamics of human needs is connected with ensuring national security, where the threat of terrorism and extremism is the most acute.The article reveals the essence of terrorism and its types, the main motives of extremism, responsibility for extremism and its variant terrorism.The work deals with the elements of terrorism and prevention of terrorist and other extremist activities.The peculiarities of adolescence and the risk of young people being drawn into terrorist sects are analysed.There are priorities in the work on prevention of extremism among young people.The role of the state and Russian citizens in the fight against terrorism is shown, including activities of the state-wide system of counter-terrorism.The prevention of terrorism is the activity of public authorities, public authorities of administrative-territorial formations of the state, local self-government bodies and public associations to prevent terrorism or terrorist activity.This consists in the identification, localisation and elimination of causes and conditions conducive to the emergence and spread of terrorism and terrorist activity, the commission of acts of terrorism, the protection of objects of potential terrorism.There is also the prevention of terrorism, the prevention of terrorism and terrorist activities, and the prevention of the spread of terrorism