Problems of Countering Extremism in modern realities

Extremist ideas and views are a serious problem for the Russian Federation in the process of aggravation of the geopolitical conflict with Ukraine, external sanctions pressure and active anti-Russian propaganda carried out by foreign states. Despite the fact that anti-extremist activities are given close attention by the state, some of its areas are characterized by systemic problems and this significantly reduces the effectiveness of this functioning as a whole. The purpose of the presented study is to identify current problems of combating extremism in the Russian Federation, taking into account modern realities and determining ways to solve them. The author comes to the conclusion that by now all the necessary legal acts in this area have been adopted, which are regularly amended in order to take into account new challenges and threats of the spread of extremist manifestations. The greatest number of problems were identified in the implementation of preventive and preventive activities, the main ones being organizational, informational, resource, etc. The ways to solve these problems are determined, requiring coordinated activities of government bodies and civil society institutions in these areas. The focus is on the prospects for the development of forecasting of extremist manifestations, identified as a direction in accordance with the new Strategy for Countering Extremism in the Russian Federation in order to improve the effectiveness of anti-extremist activities in general. In this context, the need for competent authorities to develop and implement uniform methods and assessments of existing risks of the spread of extremist behavior is emphasized.