Russia’s leadership seems to be reacting relatively calmly to Tuesday’s bombing of Domodedovo airport. This is welcome, but it is also a necessity. It seems terrible to admit, but terrorist attacks of this kind are something Russia, like India, is simply going to have to live with in future – and to which it is vital not to over-react.
Russia is a very large state with large and (in part) discontented Muslim minorities. Its security services will find it difficult to prevent such attacks. As President Dmitry Medvedev has charged, security at Domodedovo should doubtless have been tighter – but in the last resort, that will only lead the terrorists to choose “soft targets”, such as the metro or buses.
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