THE IMPACT OF THE CONFLICT SITUATION IN DONBASS ON THE ACTIVITIES OF EXTREMIST ORGANIZATIONS IN THE SOUTH OF RUSSIA

Abstract

The state crisis on the territory of Ukraine contributed to the sovereignty of the Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics and the formation of armed confrontation in the Donbas. The destabilization of the situation in the region has led to a political, economic and ideological crisis, which, in view of the existing interrelationships, has partly spread to the border regions of the Russian Federation. For a long period, the system of Euro-regional cooperation aimed at the development of economic and socio-cultural relations has been created in the Russian-Ukrainian cross-border area. Despite their “freezing”, the current Ukrainian authorities consider Russian territories, such as the Rostov region, the Krasnodar territory, the Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol as “disputed territories” and make appropriate political claims. They are also working on the organization of subversive actions, an intelligence network and support of extremist organizations in these territories. The author applies institutional and comparative methods aimed at examining the problem of the study, and concludes on the need to strengthen the processes of integration of the unrecognized republics of Donbass into the Eurasian economic space, control of the “demarcation line” and the activities of marginal and extremist organizations in the territory of border regions of the Russian Federation, capable of acting as representatives of the interests of the Ukrainian authorities.