On how to improve prosecutorial oversight over the implementation of the legislation on combating the financing of international extremist activity in the Russian Federation

Introduction: the article deals with current directions of prosecutor's activity in the sphere of counteraction to national and international extremism. The author concludes that one of the priority activities of prosecution authorities is to prevent and combat the financing of extremist activity in the Russian Federation. The study defines methodological peculiarities of prosecutor's inspections of the enforcement of laws on countering the financing of extremist activity, identifies the subject and objects of prosecutor's supervision, issues to be clarified during the prosecutor's inspection, typical violations of legislation on countering the financing of extremist activity. Materials and Methods: The normative basis of the study is formed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, criminal and criminal procedural legislation, administrative legislation in terms of countering extremist activity, other federal laws and regulations, departmental regulations that form the legal basis of the prosecutor's supervision over the implementation of laws in the field of countering extremism in the Russian Federation. The methodological basis of the study consisted of the general dialectical method of scientific knowledge, logical methods: deduction, induction, cognitive methods and techniques of observation, comparison, analysis, generalization and description; special scientific methods: formallegal, comparative legal and special scientific methods: statistical, cybernetic, content analysis method. The Results of the Study: Clarified certain provisions relating to procuratorial oversight of the implementation of legislation on countering the financing of extremist activities, defined the role and practical significance of procuratorial inspections in that area, revealed the essence of procuratorial activity in preventing, detecting and suppressing extremist offences and established optimal areas for coordination and cooperation in countering financing for extremism. Findings and Conclusions: in order to improve the prosecutor's activity and the administrative legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of countering the financing of extremist activity, the author proposes to supplement the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses with a new offense: Article 15.27.4 «Failure to comply with the requirements of legislation on countering the financing of extremist activity».