HOSTAGE-TAKING AS A FORM OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM (LESSONS OF HISTORY)

Abstract

Hostage-taking see on the methods of comparative-historical analysis in the context of identifying its political, economic and social nature, as well as the social base and national nature. Russia is analyzed in terms of the essential features of the manifestation of terrorism and hostage-taking, highlights macroscale of the phenomens, they have tried to achieve political independence of terror by relying on international forces in the absence of a solid social base.In this context, also considered issues of national identity, which is in a «multi-dimensional» the Russian state can not be solved by force, but only on the matrix to achieve «social identity» of Russians as a form of community solidarity and social basis of community of a higher level – community of Russians, Russian people.

Keywords

• hostage-taking
• terrorism
• economic crisis
• global process
• an international convention
• the sovereignty
• separatism
• humanitarian law
• theft
• redemption
• social identity
• the national question