Public calls for extremism and terrorism activities as a security threat

The article analyzes articles 280 and 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. They contain a criminal prohibition of extremist and terrorist appeals. The study is conducted to identify the grounds for the criminalization of these crimes; to establish the meaning and signs of appeals as a type of information in the composition of crimes; and to distinguish these crimes in terms of the content of disseminated information from related crimes. The conclusion is made about the validity of establishing criminal liability for calls for the implementation of extremist and terrorist activities. An understanding is being formed of information containing extremist and terrorist appeals as the subject of crimes prohibited by articles 280 and 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. An interpretation is given and the characteristics of the subject of the analyzed crimes are specified. In addition, the paper summarizes the problems of law enforcement of articles 280 and 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Practical recommendations have been developed on the qualification of norms on calls for the implementation of extremist and terrorist activities, as well as their differentiation on the grounds of the subject of the crime from related criminal law prohibitions.