http://www.mail.com/locations/23582-chechnya.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/23582-chechnya.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2054364-russia-elder-boston-suspect-under-surveillance.html MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — Russian agents placed the elder Boston bombing suspect under surveillance during a six-month visit to southern Russia last year, then scrambled to find him when he suddenly disappeared after police killed a Canadian jihadist, a security official told The Associated Press. U.S. law enforcement officials have been trying to determ... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:37:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2054364-russia-elder-boston-suspect-under-surveillance.html 2013-04-30T20:37:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049574-boston-suspects-father-postpones-trip-to-us.html MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — The father of the two Boston bombing suspects said Sunday that he has postponed a trip from Russia to the United States because of poor health. "I am really sick," Anzor Tsarnaev, 46, told The Associated Press. He said his blood pressure had spiked to dangerous levels. Tsarnaev said at a news conference Thursday that he planned ... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:34:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049574-boston-suspects-father-postpones-trip-to-us.html 2013-04-28T15:34:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043642-boston-suspects-father-hes-returning-to-us.html MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — The father of the two Boston bombing suspects said Thursday that he is soon leaving Russia for the United States, to visit one son and lay the other to rest. Their mother said she was still thinking over whether to make the journey. "I am going there to see my son and bury my older one," Anzor Tsarnaev said in an emotional meeti... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:00:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043642-boston-suspects-father-hes-returning-to-us.html 2013-04-25T22:00:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2038402-outsiders-to-bombing-suspects-boston.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sought to embrace American lives after emigrating from Russia — joining a boxing club, winning a scholarship and even seeking U.S. citizenship. But their uncle last week angrily called them "losers" who failed to feel settled even after a decade of living in the United States. The disparity between the brot... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:57:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2038402-outsiders-to-bombing-suspects-boston.html 2013-04-23T21:57:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2038376-boston-bombing-prompt-us-russia-cooperation.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Boston Marathon bombings could provide an opportunity for the U.S. and Russia to find some common ground for cooperation as authorities investigate the two ethnic Chechens accused of carrying out the attack. Ties between the two nations have soured over disputes about stopping Syria's civil war, child adoptions and other issues. But ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:59:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2038376-boston-bombing-prompt-us-russia-cooperation.html 2013-04-23T15:59:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2036296-aunt-boston-bombings-suspect-struggled-with-islam.html MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — The elder suspect in the Boston bombings regularly attended a mosque and spent time learning to read the Quran, but he struggled to fit in during a trip to his ancestral homeland in southern Russia last year, his aunt said. Tamerlan Tsarnaev seemed more American than Chechen and "did not fit into the Muslim life" in Russia's Cau... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:05:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2036296-aunt-boston-bombings-suspect-struggled-with-islam.html 2013-04-23T00:05:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2037716-boston-tragedy-test-us-russia-ties.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Russia, their ties soured by disputes over stopping Syria's civil war, child adoptions and other issues, could find some common ground for cooperation as authorities investigate the two ethnic Chechens accused of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings. Understanding how the brothers became radicalized is of paramount impo... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:11:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2037716-boston-tragedy-test-us-russia-ties.html 2013-04-22T21:11:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2035330-parents-boston-suspect-describe-russia-trip.html MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — The parents of Tamerlan Tsarnaev insisted Sunday that he came to Dagestan and Chechnya last year to visit relatives and had nothing to do with the militants operating in the volatile part of Russia, with his father saying he slept a lot of the time. But the Boston bombing suspect couldn't have been immune to the attacks that savaged the region duri... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:02:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2035330-parents-boston-suspect-describe-russia-trip.html 2013-04-22T08:02:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2033516-boston-suspects-chechen-family-traveled-long-road.html TOKMOK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — The two brothers accused of blowing up homemade bombs at the Boston Marathon came from a Chechen family that for decades had been tossed from one country to another by war and persecution. Their father and former neighbors from Kyrgyzstan — home to many Chechens who were deported from their native villages by Soviet dictator Jose... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:15:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2033516-boston-suspects-chechen-family-traveled-long-road.html 2013-04-20T16:15:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2033188-czechs-were-chechens.html PRAGUE (AP) — A number of comments by Americans on social media mistaking the Czech Republic for the country of origin of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects— ethnic Chechen brothers — prompted the Czech ambassador to the United States to act. In a statement posted on the embassy Web site, Petr Gandalovic said "the Czech Republic and Chechnya are two ver... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:24:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2033188-czechs-were-chechens.html 2013-04-20T13:24:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2033152-chechen-identity-hinges-fierce-resistance.html The Chechen people didn't choose the modern name of their capital. That came from the Russians, a name that encodes much of Chechnya's identity: Grozny -- The Fearsome. Although physically diminutive -- smaller than New Jersey or Slovenia -- Chechnya has an enormous warrior reputation. Resistance is a consistent thread running through its complicated hist... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:22:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2033152-chechen-identity-hinges-fierce-resistance.html 2013-04-20T12:22:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2030790-russias-chechnya-decades-war-terror.html MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — The two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings have their ethnic roots in Chechnya, a part of the Caucasus Mountains that has spawned decades of violence — from separatist wars to suicide attacks, blood feuds and hostage sieges. Authorities have not linked Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to any insurgent groups, and t... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:24:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2030790-russias-chechnya-decades-war-terror.html 2013-04-19T23:24:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2030986-boston-suspects-father-hes-true-angel.html MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — The father of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing described his fugitive son as a smart and accomplished "angel" in an anguished interview in which he claimed they were set up. Anzor Tsarnaev spoke with The Associated Press by telephone in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan after police said one of his sons, 26-ye... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:22:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2030986-boston-suspects-father-hes-true-angel.html 2013-04-19T19:22:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2031986-russia-sochi-security-tight-boston-bombs.html MOSCOW (AP) — The naming of two Chechen brothers as the suspects in the deadly Boston Marathon bombing is reviving fears about security at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, the resort town on the edge of Russia's restive southern republics. But officials insist they are prepared to protect Olympic athletes and spectators. If anything, experts said, the bomb... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:01:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2031986-russia-sochi-security-tight-boston-bombs.html 2013-04-19T19:01:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2031374-uncle-urges-bombing-suspect-to-turn.html MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, Md. (AP) — In a passionate plea, an uncle of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects urged one of his nephews to turn himself in Friday, saying he had brought shame to the family and the entire Chechen ethnicity. "Yes, we're ashamed. They're the children of my brother," Ruslan Tsarni, 42, told a throng of reporters outside his home in Mon... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:50:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2031374-uncle-urges-bombing-suspect-to-turn.html 2013-04-19T17:50:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2015180-us-names-russians-targeted-sanctions.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department on Friday announced sanctions against 18 Russians over human rights violations, but avoided some prominent officials whose inclusion could have enflamed U.S.-Russian relations. U.S. lawmakers who backed the sanctions viewed the list as timid while a prominent Russian lawmaker said it could have been worse. State D... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:19:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2015180-us-names-russians-targeted-sanctions.html 2013-04-12T20:19:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1900626-8-arrested-slaying-russian-councilman.html MOSCOW (AP) — Zooming around in a Rolls Royce and boasting of ties to Chechnya's strongman ruler, Mikhail Pakhomov didn't live the life of the average provincial Russian lawmaker. He didn't die the death of one either. Pakhomov, 37, a councilman from the industrial city of Lipetsk, 350 kilometers (215 miles) south of Moscow, was found beaten to a pulp at ... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:43:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1900626-8-arrested-slaying-russian-councilman.html 2013-02-19T19:43:05Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1881898-muslim-israeli-football-debut.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Under heavy security, a Muslim football player whose signing with a Jerusalem club sparked a violent uprising by a hardcore group of racist fans made his much anticipated debut Sunday to a rousing ovation. Hundreds of police deployed around Beitar Jerusalem's stadium, two days after a suspicious fire believed to be set by angry fans destr... Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1881898-muslim-israeli-football-debut.html 2013-02-10T20:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1876830-arson-attack-highlights-racism-israeli-soccer.html JERUSALEM (AP) — An apparent arson attack Friday on the offices of leading Israeli soccer club Beitar Jerusalem has put a spotlight on longstanding concerns over growing anti-Arab racism among the nation's soccer fans. The fire, which destroyed historic trophies and mementos, comes after the team broke with its unofficial tradition and signed two Muslim p... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1876830-arson-attack-highlights-racism-israeli-soccer.html 2013-02-08T17:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1797102-depardieu-tax-fight-russian-citizenship.html MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin has cast Gerard Depardieu in one of the most surprising roles of his life — as a new Russian citizen. The announcement Thursday that President Vladimir Putin has approved Depardieu's application for citizenship is almost a real-life analogue to the French actor's 1990 comedy "Green Card," in which his character enters into a sham... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1797102-depardieu-tax-fight-russian-citizenship.html 2013-01-03T19:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1758594-ex-policeman-faces-trial-politkovskayas-murder.html MOSCOW (AP) — The son of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya on Tuesday criticized the authorities' deal with a former police officer accused of involvement in her 2006 killing, saying it wouldn't help to determine who ordered the murder. Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, who is accused of helping track Politkovskaya's movements, is set to go on trial Wednesday aft... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1758594-ex-policeman-faces-trial-politkovskayas-murder.html 2012-12-11T16:10:00Z