Terrorism will remain a threat to Russia"s security for a long time to come In recent months, thenumber of terror-ist attacks in Russiahas soared. Moscowanti the North caucasusrepublics of Dagestanand Ingushetia have allbeen targets of terroristviolence, which has led to a wave of deaths,injuries and property losses. These eventshave demonstrated the severity of the situa-tion Russia faces, while exposing the flawsthat exist in its present security climate.