In the past two weeks, the U.S. and its allies have done just about everything short of getting down on their collective knees and begging Russia to stop delivering weapons to the Syrian government. President Vladimir Putin has …
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Exclusive: Dagestani Relative of Tamerlan Tsarnaev Is a Prominent Islamist
Last year, when Tamerlan Tsarnaev visited the Russian region of Dagestan, he had a guide with a deep knowledge of the local Islamist community: a distant cousin named Magomed Kartashov
A Dead Militant in Dagestan: Did This Slain Jihadi Meet Tamerlan Tsarnaev?
Cornered by police at his family home, Islamist fighter Mahmud Mansur Nidal went out in a blaze of gunfire last May. Before he met his end did he meet suspected Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev?
The Boston-Bomber Trail: Fresh Clues in Rural Dagestan
The incongruous tombstone of a Canadian mujahid stands on a lush hill at the edge of Utamysh, a village in southern Russia’s Dagestan region, within reach of the salty breeze that comes off the Caspian Sea. The riddles of the …
Exclusive: Imam of Mosque Visited by Bombing Suspect Speaks to TIME
The old imam cringes at the sound of that name — Tamerlan Tsarnaev — furrowing his brow into a bed of creases as he sighs and looks away. There is about half an hour left until the next call to Friday prayers, and he is
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Bombing Probe Casts Spotlight on Awkward U.S.-Russia Security Ties
The massive beige-and-white building on Dakhdaev Street was probably the safest place the FBI could find to work this week in the southern Russian city of Makhachkala, where bombings and counterterrorism raids are a routine part …
Older Boston Suspect Made Two Trips to Dagestan, Visited Radical Mosque, Officials Say
Two years ago, while visiting his family in the Russian region of Dagestan, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the prime suspect in last week’s Boston Marathon bombings, was flagged as a potential extremist by Russian security services. The only …
Tsarnaev Neighbors: Older Bombing Suspect Spent Time in Dagestan Helping Dad With Construction
“He was a normal son helping his father,” Agayev, a neighbor who lives in the same apartment building as Anzor Tsarnaev, the brothers’ father, told TIME on Sunday
Chechnya’s History of Violence: Did It Influence the Tsarnaev Brothers?
As more is learned about the background of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the alleged suspect in the Boston bombings who is now the subject of an unprecedented manhunt, the teenager’s ethnic Chechen heritage has led to a frenzy of …
The Brothers Tsarnaev: Clues to the Motives of the Alleged Boston Bombers
The land of their ancestry is fertile ground for rebellion and jihad but not everything that has emerged so far wraps up their motivations in a neat theory
Putin’s Public Enemy No. 1: A Visit With Alexei Navalny
A year ago, he was leading the huge antigovernment demonstrations. This week, a judge may put him away for 10 years and bankrupt him as well
Drug War Do-Over: Can the U.S. Push Trafficking Out of Central America?
As the crackdown on narcotics in Central America becomes increasingly messy, the best hope for success may lie in pushing drug traffic elsewhere
Painful Lessons from Romania’s Decade-Old Adoption Ban
Russia’s decision Jan. 1 to end adoptions to the U.S. could have lasting effects for parents and children caught in limbo.
