On the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the second post-Soviet Chechen war, Stanislav Dmitriyevsky says that that conflict is, despite what many think, far from over and will become a major challenge for those who seek to govern Russia after Vladimir Putin departs from the scene.

Tragically, members of the Russian opposition are not including a resolution of that challenge in their discussions about the future country they plan to rule, the human rights activist says (kavkazr.com/a/kadyrovskaya-chechnya-dlya-putina-idealjnoe-gosudarstvo-pravozaschitnik-o-godovschine-nachala-vtoroy-chechenskoy-voyny/33140601.html).

Dmitriyevsky who was closely involved in following human rights issues in Chechnya during the first two post-Soviet wars there but who now lives in exile in Norway says that the failure of the........

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