Features of modern terrorism in Russia: dynamics of development and criminological characteristics of the terrorist’s personality

The article is devoted to the analysis of one of the most controversial social and legal problems of our time - terrorism. The authors study the state, dynamics and features of terrorism in modern Russia. Based on the study of special literature, the hypothesis is substantiated that modern terrorism as a socially destructive phenomenon has a pronounced territorial (regional) character. The thesis about the relationship of terrorism with corruption and organized crime is substantiated. The article reveals the features of the criminological characteristics of the personality of terrorist criminals. The authors reveal the features of sociodemographic, socio-psychological and psychophysiological characteristics of the personality of a modern terrorist. Separate scientific approaches to the typologization of the identity of terrorist criminals are presented. Based on literary sources, statistical and empirical materials, it is concluded that in recent years the selfish motive of individual criminal behavior of terrorists has shifted towards religious and religious-radical.