RUDN Journal of Political ScienceRUDN Journal of Political Science2313-14382313-1446Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)9027Religious Extremism and its Manifestations in Contemporary RussiaPlujnikovE NИнститут социологии Российской Академии Наук; The Institute of Sociology-The Institute of Sociology150120101717809092016Copyright © 2010,2010The article is devoted to the problem of religious extremism in contemporary Russia. The author defines a term «religious extremism», researches conditions of origin of this phenomenon, it's correlation with another extremism forms, with international religious extremism; uses the example of wahhabism to show that a religious group can be considered traditional, legitimate in one countries and radical, extremist in another ones.religious extremismwahhabismpolitical radicalismpolitical stabilityрелигиозный экстремизмваххабизмполитический радикализмполитическая стабильность