Ethnic extremism in mass communication in terms of forensic linguistic examination problems

In the paper the concept of “linguistic support of legislation and law enforcement” is clarified; the provisions of the Federal Law “On counteraction against extremist activity” as well as the legal comments to this law are analysed in terms of linguistic support problems of law enforcement; the key concepts of the above-mentioned Act such as speech extremism, propaganda, appeals, national strife fomentation, etc. are defined; the suggested propositions are illustrated by the examples from the media texts which were assigned for forensic linguistic examination.