A good beginning would be to restore regional elections for governors. Experience has shown that the worst way to protect Russia's territorial integrity is to impose direct rule from Moscow. As the north Caucasus illustrates, the country is just too big, too multiethnic and too diverse for centralised control not to fuel local resentment. For similar reasons, attempts at state control of religion in the region are likely to drive ordinary people into the arms of the fundamentalists. And, perhaps above all, giving the security forces, troops and local strongmen free rein to brutalise and corrupt people is not just wrong but also counter-productive.

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