INTRODUCTION.The relevance of a research of international legal fight against terrorism does not raise doubts as terrorism reasonably belongs to the most dangerous threats to peace and safety of mankind. The solution of a modern problem of terrorism demands not only national, but also international mechanisms. According to the author, it is early to speak about successful opposition to this evil. Therefore, the research of the current state and trends of development of that part of international law that is devoted to counteraction to terrorism is extremely important.MATERIALS AND METHODS. The versatile international legal base connected with various aspects of fight against terrorism was created for more than centenary period. Universal and regional anti-terrorist conventions, legal documents of the international organizations, decisions of the International Courts of Justice and tribunals were investigated to reveal trends of international legal fight against terrorism. The research is based on use of methods of inductive generalization, the comparative and legal analysis (mainly in its functional option) and the legalistic analysis.RESEARCH RESULTS. The most significant trends of development of international legal fight against terrorism are shown in work. It is: coordination as opinio juris of the legal indications of terrorism, legal mechanisms of counteraction to it; the institutional development of international legal fight against terrorism expressed as formation of the definitive device and the organizational mechanism; isolation of legal instructions of basic character for international legal fight against terrorism; the growing role of the International Courts of Justice and tribunals in administration of justice against terrorism; formation two substantially various terrorist crimes: in a situation of wartime and in a "civil" situation.DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS. By results of a research the author formulates a number of the offers capable to have a positive impact on the future of international legal fight against terrorism. In particular, the author shows that in order to form an effective international legal mechanism for combating terrorism, it is required at the UN level to agree on the concept of terrorism, to form a generally acceptable list of criminal terrorist acts prohibited by international law, to systematize international legal sources related to the fight against terrorism.

Introduction. The problem of parallel use of two related terms in the legal documents of the UN system and other international organizations: “terrorism” and “international terrorism” is analyzed in the article. A clear understanding of the relationship of these terms is absent in the theory of international law. In addition, the distinctive features of “international terrorism” are not formulated in international legal instruments. Therefore, it is difficult to build a legal model of “international terrorism” and to distinguish it from related legal phenomena. Theoretical Basis. Methods. The author analyzes the doctrinal views of scientists in international law and the approaches related to the legal nature of terrorism and international terrorism, which are implemented in international legal documents. The task of defining the criteria for distinguishing terrorism and international terrorism in international law is posed in this article. The article presents a systematic study based on the methods used in legal science. The method of generalization plays a major role at the stage of research and evaluation of the concepts of “terrorism” and “international terrorism” in the universal anti-terrorist conventions. The method of ascent from the particular to the abstract will reveal the most common features inherent in the legal content of the term “international terrorism”. This method makes it possible to establish how “international terrorism” is understood in international legal instruments and the doctrine of international law. Also, the method of formal legal analysis is applied in the study. Results. The main scientific approaches to the correlation of the concepts of “terrorism” and “international terrorism” in international law are disclosed in the work. The author shows that all approaches fit into two models: supporters of the first distinguish these concepts and believe that international law should fight only against international terrorism; supporters of the second believe that international law should fight against any manifestations of terrorism. Discussion and Conclusion. The author formulates arguments in favor of establishing in international law a system of regulations aimed at combating a wide range of manifestations of terrorism.

В статье даётся оценка новой научной монографии «Дискриминация христиан в XXI в.: юридический дискурс», подготовленной коллективом авторов (Н. С. Семёновой, Е. В. Киселёвой, А. М. Солнцевым, прот. А. В. Задорновым и др.). По мнению автора статьи, монография отвечает требованиям актуальности, научной новизны, оригинальности. The assessment of the new scientific monograph “Discrimination of Christians in the 21st century: legal discourse”, prepared by a team of authors (N. S. Semenova, E. V. Kiseleva, A. M. Solntsev, A. V. Zadornov, etc.) is given in the article. According to the author of the article, the monograph meets the requirements of relevance, scientific novelty, originality.

Introduction: the article analyzes the contribution of the Yalta conference of 1945 to the formation of the modern international legal system. We believe that the role the decisions taken at this conference played in the formation of current international law is significantly underestimated these days. The purpose of this article was to identify the elements of modern international law the formation and development of which were influenced by the Yalta Conference. For this, the following objectives were set and consistently accomplished in the course of research: to determine the role of international conferences as mechanisms for the development of international law; to identify the features of the Yalta conference; to study international legal decisions that were made during the Yalta conference. Methods: we applied general scientific methods of analysis, synthesis, interpretation, formal logic. In connection with the study of historical aspects of international legal science, the method of historical and legal analysis played a significant role. Of the specialized legal methodological tools used in the preparation of the article, we note the methods of formal legal analysis and legal modeling. Results: the article proves that the Yalta conference laid the legal foundations for new significant international legal regulations. We consider the following to be the main international legal achievements of Yalta-1945: final agreement on the creation of the UN; the creation of a completely new mechanism of international legal governance – the UN Security Council; participation in the formation of a new system of sources of international law; participation in the development of the basis of new international law; participation in the formation of a number of new branches of international law. Conclusions: the Yalta Conference marks the end of one era and the beginning of a new one, in which the UN will occupy the most important place in the system of management of international legal relations. Many decisions made in Yalta concerned the future of the international legal order, and not just the resolution of the geopolitical issues of the Second World War at its last stage.

It will be conducted in this article about the role of the religious factor, in particular the Muslim version, in the structure of the terrorist movement. The author shows that the terror under the banner of Islamic fundamentalism is due to the specific understanding of religion as the most convenient way of socialization of terrorist ideas. The complexity of relationships in the organization of international security is reflected in Muslim regional and international agreements, for example, in the general understanding of the phenomenon of international terrorism. Signs of terrorism have significant differences compared with the concept recognized by the international community. This fact plays an important role in assessing the prospects for approval of the draft Comprehensive Antiterrorist Convention by Muslim countries