The Concept of Counteracting Terrorism in the Russian Federation: Prospects for Improvement Using the Experience of Fighting Against Religious Terrorism

The article analyzes the necessity of amending the current Terrorism Counteraction Concept and of incorporating in it the experience of fighting against the international terrorist organization «The Islamic State». The author gives a positive answer to this question based on the research he has conducted. The article analyzes key measures of preventing terrorism (religious terrorism), while considerable attention is paid to information measures. It is concluded that «clarification of the essence of terrorism» (as a measure included in the Terrorism Counteraction Concept of the Russian Federation) is impossible without providing the society with stable and comprehensive information about the crimes (genocide, crimes against peace and security of humankind, war crimes) committed by terrorists and without condemning them. This work should be primarily aimed at those groups of people (ethnic and confessional) who are the main target for international terrorist organizations trying to recruit new terrorists under the guise of religion.