Realization of Citizens' Constitutional Rights to Freedom of Expression and Artistic Freedom

The fundamental principles of the Russian and international anti-extremism legislation are considered in the article which includes historical aspect. Legal gaps become apparent, and the lines of approach current problem are given. The problems of realization of citizens’ constitutional rights to freedom of expression and artistic freedom in practice are also considered in the article. Right to freedom of expression and artistic freedom is regulated by considerable amount of international legal generality documents, for example, the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966. The national anti-extremism legislation and praxis of recognition extremist materials are analyzed the weaknesses of different extremist materials recognition procedure become apparent, and solutions of the existing problems on the example of the Russian Federation current legislation analysis and judicial practice are given. The current legislation gaps in the area of extremist materials recognition are formulated in article. The value for society of extremist materials placement in the Federal list (further by the text – FLEM) which conducts the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, adjudicated as extremist is determined. Keywords—right to freedom of expression; right to artistic freedom; extremism; extremist materials