In order to establish a lasting peace, there is only one solution: the end of the Russian empire. Otherwise, a cessation of fighting will only allow the deeper problem to fester.
The Free Nations League, an exiled group representing some of the dozens of non-Russian ethnic groups inside Russia, has sent a letter to Pope Francis protesting against his recent comments calling Chechens and Buryats "perhaps the cruelest" in Moscow's ongoing war in Ukraine.