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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Boston Suspect ‘Cornered” by Police: CNN

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Second Suspect in Boston Bombing Captured

05:35 20/04/2013

The second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has been detained, ending a massive manhunt, CNN quoted local police as saying Friday.

Suspect Linked to Boston Blasts Flew to Russia in ’12 – Report
21:34 19/04/2013
One of the brothers suspected of involvement in the deadly Boston Marathon bombings left on a Russia-bound plane in January 2012 and returned to the United States seven months later, the NBC 4 New York television station reported Friday, citing travel records the network said it had obtained.
Boston in Grips of Manhunt for Surviving Bomb Suspect
21:10 19/04/2013
The city of Boston remained on lockdown Friday as police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) mounted a massive manhunt for 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is suspected of being one of two men who planted bombs at the finish line of Monday’s Boston Marathon that killed three people and injured almost 200 others.
Chechen Brothers Linked to Boston Bombing Excelled in Sports, Classroom in US
20:38 19/04/2013
The two ethnic Chechen brothers US authorities believe were behind the deadly Boston Marathon blasts this week found success in academics and athletics after moving to the United States with their family, which fled the violence of Russia’s restive Caucasus region a decade ago, according US media interviews with relatives, friends and acquaintances.
Kadyrov Denies Chechen Links of Boston Blast Suspects
20:17 19/04/2013
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on Friday that the two suspects in the deadly bombing of this week’s Boston Marathon had no links to Russia’s republic of Chechnya.
Man Jailed for Insulting Russian Flag in Court
14:23 19/04/2013
A man accused of insulting the Russian flag in a central Russian court has been sentenced to a year and three months in jail, prosecutors said on Friday.
Russian Exec Accused of Illegal Payment to Opposition MP
13:29 19/04/2013
Russian investigators on Friday accused a senior manager of the Skolkovo Foundation, a high-tech innovation hub, of embezzling $750,000 in state funds and paying the money to an opposition lawmaker who supported last year’s anti-Kremlin protests.
St. Petersburg Airport Evacuated Over Bomb Threat
07:53 19/04/2013
Some 1,500 people were evacuated from the Pulkovo international airport in Russia’s second largest city of St. Petersburg over a threat of a possible explosion, a police source said on Friday.
FBI Releases Images of 2 Suspects in Boston Marathon Blasts
02:05 19/04/2013
US federal authorities on Thursday released video and images of two men they suspect of involvement in Monday’s bombing at the Boston Marathon that killed three people and wounded more than 170 others.
Spain to Extradite Russian Sex Trafficker
19:19 18/04/2013
Spain will extradite a Russian woman convicted of organizing a sex slavery ring, the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office said on Thursday.
Woman Murders Husband Over Church Visit Row
17:38 18/04/2013
Investigators in Central Russia’s Kursk Region have launched a criminal case against a woman suspected of stabbing her husband to death in a dispute about going to church, the regional investigative department said in a statement on Thursday.
Russian Police Seize Almost 100 Kg of Hashish
14:45 18/04/2013
Police in St. Petersburg have seized 94 kg of hashish from a man coming into the country from Estonia, a Russian drug control service official said on Thursday.
Investigators Search Russian 'Silicon Valley'
14:19 18/04/2013
Russian law enforcement officers searched the offices of the Skolkovo Foundation in Moscow, a centerpiece of the government's high-tech development drive, as part of an on-going inquiry into embezzlement by a former official, a foundation representative said on Thursday.
New Charges Brought Against Russian Opposition Leader
11:15 18/04/2013
New charges have been brought against whistleblowing opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his brother, who are suspected of fraud, Russian investigators said on Thursday.
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00:40 18/04/2013
Investigators Track Clues in Boston Bombings
20:05 17/04/2013
A lid to a kitchen pressure cooker that may have been used in Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings was found on the rooftop of a building near the scene, federal law enforcement officials said Wednesday, according to US media reports, the newest clue in the twin blasts that killed three people and injured 183 others on Monday.
Defense Ministry Seeks to Reclaim Lost Property
18:06 17/04/2013
The Russian Defense Ministry has been fighting since December to recover the real estate lost in a series of scams connected to the corrupt Oboronservis defense property services company, a ministry official who requested anonymity told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
Ukrainian Held Over Bid to Smuggle $1 Mln into Russia
17:00 17/04/2013
A Ukrainian national was caught trying to smuggle 39 million rubles ($1.2 million) into Russia at a border crossing, Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service said on Wednesday.
Army Officer Jailed for Beating, Robbing Soldiers
16:56 17/04/2013
A former army unit commander in south Russia’s Rostov Region was given a three-year prison sentence for beating his subordinates, extortion, and misappropriation of property, the Investigative Committee said on Wednesday.
Soldiers' Mothers Group Declared ’Foreign Agent’
16:26 17/04/2013
Prosecutors in the Russian city of Kostroma have branded the regional Committee of Soldiers' Mothers NGO as a “foreign agent,” the Agora interregional human rights association reported on Wednesday.

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