Beshukova Z.M. Participation in an extremist group: some issues of legislative regulation and law enforcement

Abstract: The paper is devoted to the issue of legal responsibility of a person for participation in an extremist group (part 2, article 282.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). One of the most complicated problems of law enforcement activity is the problem of particular actions, the participation in an extremist group is reflected in, and the degree of involvement. The criminal legislation of Russia doesn’t range participation in an extremist group according to the degree of involvement in its activities, and legal science studies qualify this problem as a disputable one. The research methodology is based on the provisions of the dialectical method of cognition of phenomena and processes of the objective reality. The author also applies modern general scientific and specific research methods: logical and legal, comparative-legal, system-structure analysis, etc. The author analyzes the judicial practice related to the problem of qualification of a person’s participation in organized criminal groups. The author analyzes the character of participation of a person in particular criminal groups, described in the Special Part of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which aim at committing particular crimes or a further involvement in criminal activities, and comes to significant conclusions. The author makes particular proposals about the improvement of the current criminal legislation, helping optimize combating extremism and terrorism. 

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