Criminal Legal Description of a Terrorist Act

The purpose of the study is to make a comprehensive analysis of the criminal-legal classification of the crime provided in article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the identification of problems of legal regulation when bringing individuals to justice for the commission of a terrorist act, and developing proposals for improving legislation in this area. The the main aims of the thesis are : A) analysis of definitions of the concept of "terrorism" and "terrorist act", identification of signs of terrorist activity; B) studying the types of crimes that constitute to terrorist activities and determining the characteristics of a terrorist act among these crimes; C) a study of the classification of the offense under article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation; D) analysis of objective and subjective signs of a terrorist act; E) classifying characteristics and particularly of classifying signs of a terrorism act; (F) delimitation of the composition of a terrorist act from similar crimes, the identification of typical problems in the construction of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, and the development of ways to resolve them. The thesis consists of an introduction, three chapters, seven paragraphs, conclusions and a reference list. Chapter I pays attention to the general characteristics of terrorism and terrorist activities, including their concepts, signs of terrorist activities and its types, along with a terrorist act. Chapter II is devoted to classifying the composition of a terrorist act, its subjective and objective characteristics. Chapter III examines the problems of legal regulation of the offense set forth in Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and suggests ways to improve it.