Prevention of extremism in the modern youth environment

The problem of countering extremism is one of the key areas in the framework of national policy aimed at ensuring the national security of Russia The report analyzes the problem of preventing extremist sentiments among modern Russian youth. The statutory legal regulations adopted in the Russian Federation on combating extremism, as well as the Russian experts’ proceedings on this issue formed the theoretical basis of the study. The authors prove that the methodological basis for the prevention of extremist sentiments among young people existing in our country needs further development and improvement