SOME PROBLEMS OF QUALIFICATION OF CRIMES OF TERRORIST NATURE IN THE LEGISLATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
For a long time, the phenomenon of terrorism has been under the scrutiny of theorists and practitioners, leading think tanks and the media. Reflecting in its basis the crisis processes of social development, this phenomenon accumulates a set of socially dangerous encroachments with destructive, almost uncontrollable in their impact, energy. The perpetrators of terrorist acts, and this fact should also be taken into account, are not only lone terrorists who used to practice these attacks, but also social groups that join their efforts, acting in complicity, which increases the social danger of terrorist attacks. The arsenal of such groups is dominated by forceful, destructive means. The methods of terrorist encroachment are improving. Among the large number of threats to Russia's population, its state system and territorial integrity (man-made, socio-political threats), the most dangerous are terrorism in its various forms, armed conflicts and war. All of this together requires a conscious, well-thoughtout mechanism of counter-terrorism. Meanwhile, as of today it is difficult to speak of a sufficiently effective counter-terrorism mechanism on the part of state authorities. In the analysis of such counteraction, we believe it appropriate, with a certain share of conditionality, however, to give practical value to our study, to designate levels of mechanism of counteraction to terrorist crimes. We believe that as the first level it will be reasonable to refer to definition of scientific validity of terms "terrorist", "terrorist activity" and others. The content of the next level of counter-terrorism should contain questions both on the compliance of international law with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, and on the validity, invariability of constitutional provisions and relevant its principles, as well as on observance of equality of different subjects of relations in the field of security in the Russian Federation. Important and effective is the practical level of countering threats of terrorism, which should be based on the legislative basis and provide for the localisation and strengthening of the material and technical base of state and law enforcement bodies, and the effective use of national and international financial resources.