Громова Н.С.

Purpose. Analysis of the specifics of verbal extremism as the initial stage of any extremist actions and detection of the role of municipalities in the process of prevention of its occurrence. Methodology. The study is based on the methods of comparative legal analysis in the determination of terms, legal and linguistic analysis in the identification of linguistic and legal phenomena, and formal-logical and statistical and sociological. Results. In the article features of existence of extremism in modern Russian reality are revealed, characteristics of verbal extremism and determined its place in extremist activity are formulated, a strategy for the prevention of verbal extremism within municipalities is proposed. Scientific novelty. Disclosed conceptual characteristics of verbal extremism, identified its essential features and the classification given to the author, that allows to define the forms of struggle with this phenomenon. Identified possible role of the municipality in dealing with verbal extremism.