The youth extremism in the conditions of global transformations of Russian society

There is the material in the article, devoted to the appreciation of the phenomenon of youth extremism in the global informative society formed at the beginning of the 21 century. The development of communicative techniques and technologies, dominating the computer communication, create not only favourable conditions for social, economic, cultural development of society, but represent possibilities for effective affection of the extremistic movements on the consciousness and behaviour of Russian youth. The formed situation can be considered as the threat to the national security of Russia.