JRL E-Mail Newsletter Table of Contents :: Johnson’s Russia List 2013-#74 – 20 April 2013

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1. Reuters: Russia, U.S. to step up counter-terrorism cooperation: Kremlin.
2. Interfax: Russia has no ‘operationally relevant information’ on Boston suspects – source.
3. BBC Monitoring: Putin’s spokesman notes ‘contradictory information’ on Boston bombing suspects.
4. RIA Novosti: For Boston Suspects, Was Chechnya’s Violent Past a Motive?
5. Paul Goble: Window on Eurasia: Boston Events Prove Putin ‘Absolutely Right,’ Moscow Commentator Says. (Sergey Markov)
6. Christian Science Monitor: Fred Weir, Chechnya: How a remote Russian republic became linked with terrorism.
7. Interfax: Boston bombings rooted in US, not Chechnya – Kadyrov.
8. Washington Times: Chechnya president, Islamic rebels deny ties to Boston suspects.
9. RIA Novosti: Father of Suspects in Boston Bomings Wants to ‘Seek Justice’
10. ITAR-TASS: Suspects in Boston terrorist attack came from well-to-do family.
11. Interfax: Parents of Boston bombing suspects in shock, decline contacts with press.
12. www.russiatoday;com: ‘They were set up, FBI followed them for years’- Tsarnaevs’ mother to RT.
13. Interfax: Tsarnaev brothers’ father believes his sons are innocent.
14. BBC Monitoring: Boston blasts suspects’ father speaks to Russian NTV from Dagestan.
15. www.buzzfeed.com: Why Chechens Think The Tsarnaev Brothers Were Framed. Even paranoids have real enemies. Especially in Russia.
16. Interfax: Boston bombing suspects not known to Dagestani, Chechen security services.
17. New York Times: Boy at Home in U.S., Swayed by One Who Wasn’t.
18. www.newyorker.com: David Remnick, The Culprits.
19. Foxnews.com: Prof says Boston bombing suspect sought help ‘rediscovering’ Chechen roots.
20. Forbes.com: Mark Adomanis, Russian Oppression And Chechnya: Violence Is A Choice.
21. New York Times: Revisiting Chechnya. (Elizabeth Rubin)
22. Kommersant-FM: Russian Foreign Ministry Official Discusses Boston Bombers, Possible Link To US Syria Policy.
23. Interfax: Kremlin cautions against ‘flirting’ with terrorists.
24. International Herald Tribune: After Boston and Tsarnaevs, Russians Urge U.S. to Rethink Chechnya.
25. www.russiatoday.com: From freedom fighters to terrorists: Identity of Boston bombers shifts US attitudes to Chechnya.
26. RFE/RL: Profile: Tamerlan And Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
27. RFE/RL: Interview: More About Tsarnaev Brothers And Their Ancestral Homeland. (Aslan Doukaev)
28. National Public Radio (NPR): Suspects’ Chechen Roots Draws Eyes In Russia.
29. Reuters/Eurasia Group: David Gordon and Willis Sparks, When linking Boston to Chechnya, exercise caution.
30. Los Angeles TImes: A history of terrorism out of Chechnya. It appears unlikely that oppression of Chechnya’s Muslim majority instigated the Boston bombings, but localized tensions have spilled across borders before.
31. New York Times: Oliver Bullough, Beslan Meets Columbine.
32. AP: Russia: Sochi security tight after Boston bombs.
33. Wall Street Journal: Chechen Terror Usually Aimed at Russia.
34. The Jamestown Foundation: Did the Tsarnaev Brothers Have Links to Chechen Militants?
35. www.slate.com: Anne Applebaum, The Chechen Connection. Why the Tsarnaev brothers have less in common with the 9/11 attackers than the bombers of London and Madrid.
36. The National Interest: Jacob Helibrunn, Chechen Terrorism and the Vindication of Vladimir Putin.
37. BBC Monitoring: Chechen jihadist website reacts to identification of Boston bombers.
38. Interfax: ‘Inappropriate’ to link Boston blast suspects with Kyrgyzstan – security agency.
39. www.newyorker.com: Alexander Nazaryan, Blood and Tragedy: The Caucasus in the Literary Imagination.
40. Washington Post: Boston bombings may complicate U.S.-Russian diplomacy over Syria.
41. Council on Foreign Relations: Anya Schmemann, What Boston Bombers’ Chechen Ties May Mean for U.S.-Russia Relations.
42. www.russiatoday.com: ‘Russia warned US of Chechen immigrants’
43. Wall Street Journal editorial: The Brothers Tsarnaev. The terrorist suspects next door.
44. www.russiatoday.com: A bloody history: Overview of terrorist events of modern Russia.
45. www.religiondispatches.org: What to Make of the Chechnya Connection? An Expert Weighs In. (Jenik Radon)
46. The Monkey Cage: Joshua Tucker, References on Chechnya, the Caucasus, and Related Violence, plus another word of caution.