In modern scientific and publicistic literature, the term eco-terrorism itself (ecoterrorism, ecotage = ecology + sabotage) has two different meanings and is understood as at least two, in our opinion, extremely different phenomena:

– Radical actions of “Greens” and the actions of groups and individuals, fighting for the rights of animals and coming out for the liberation of animals, as well as any “greens” (environmentalists) aimed at deliberately polluting the natural environment, with the aim of causing the enemy an ecological damage and subsequent blackmail in this direction. Apparently, it is the latter interpretation that is more consistent with the content of the concept of “Eco-terrorism”. This variety of terrorism is even more dangerous, than other terrorist crimes, since violent actions are applied to citizens or their property indirectly, through the natural environment, the existence in which will be difficult or impossible for all living things in the future. Ecological terrorism leads, as a rule, to irreversible and difficult to eliminate consequences, which are often of a global nature. Suffice it to recall, that while radioactive contamination, the ambient environment may remain improper for life for many thousands of years.