ETHNOCULTURAL COMPONENTS IN A DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT OF EXTREMIST IDEAS IN THE UDMURT REPUBLIC (EXPERIENCE OF CRIMINOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE FEDERAL LIST OF EXTREMIST MATERIALS)

Abstract

The article considers the socio-cultural conditionality of extremist crimes in the context of radicalization of public attitudes in the Udmurt Republic. Major sources of information for the study were Federal List of Extremist Materials (as at 20 February 2020), legal normative documents, regulating the sphere of counteraction to extremism, media materials and results of a sociological survey of students. The study found that in the region the main agents of extreme views are carriers of racist-nationalist, religious and political extremist subcultures. The activities of communities associated with the ideas of extreme Russian nationalism, pseudo-Christianity, Slavic neopaganism, and others are observed. Udmurt manifestations of nationalism were not identified. The data of sociological and ethnographic studies suggest that the deep-seated fear of the “alien” and unknown, which is natural for most people, fueled by an active influx into the republic of people with a different culture, faith, language and behavior, is the basis for spreading of extremist ideas. At the same time, a relatively small amount of extremist materials is detected in Udmurtia. In many ways, this is the result of the balanced work of all authorities in countering the spread of extremist ideology.