TERRORIST THREATS ON TRANSPORT: GENERAL TRENDS AND ISSUES OF RESISTANCE
This article deals with the problems and analyzed current trends of terrorist threats to the transport infrastructure, unaffected ways and mechanisms to counter this type of threat on the part of bodies of internal Affairs, security and transport. The article States that terrorism becomes a clear technological aspect: criminals in these days, for the perpetration of terrorist acts increasingly use the most modern electronic devices, are invading the cyberspace. Another manifestation of the technological aspect of modern terrorism is addressed in this article is expressed in its orientation - in many cases, the direct targets of terrorist acts shall be elected to high risk, first is the objects related to transport infrastructure (railway, tram and internal waterways, roads, tunnels, flyovers, bridges, stations, railway and bus stations, subways, etc.). In the article the problems of transformation of transport infrastructure in the field of active introduction of high technologies, unauthorised interference which leads to malfunction of the transport system, but also threatens man-made disasters. Also, in the present article, attention is paid to the characteristics of the operational situation in the transport complex. The authors concluded that the crime situation here continues to be complex, associating it primarily with the geopolitical position of Russia. The fact that Russia is an area that connects countries in the South Asian region with Europe and the United States makes, with special attention to the problem of combating terrorism and ensuring security on the transport infrastructure.