Features of the qualification of extremist crimes

The article analyzes certain provisions of legislation in the field of countering extremism, discusses issues of its improvement. The relevant criteria for assessing the public danger of criminal acts at the theoretical and law enforcement levels on the grounds of the corpus delicti provided for by Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation are determined. Attention is drawn to a number of controversial formulations in the qualification of extremist crimes, which creates certain problems in criminal proceedings, algorithms for the qualification of analyzed crimes are proposed, taking into account the rules of formal logic. Based on theoretical concepts and recommendations of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, proposals are formulated to optimize the criminal legal assessment of extremist crimes.