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Father of Chechen shot by FBI suspects son was tortured

May 23, 2013 14:46
GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - The father of a Chechen immigrant killed during questioning over his links with one of the Boston Marathon bombings suspects said on Thursday he plans to travel to the United States where he suspects his son was tortured and killed. Ibragim Todashev, 27, was killed by a federal agent in his apartment complex when he became violent during questioning over his ties to Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the older of two brothers suspected of planting two bombs at the marathon on April 15.

Chechen killed by FBI in Boston probe 'not violent'

Agence France-PresseMay 23, 2013 08:17
A Chechen man shot dead by the FBI during questioning on his links to the Boston bombers was not violent, his father said in an interview broadcast Thursday, speaking from his home town of Grozny in Chechnya. Ibragim Todashev, 27, was shot by the FBI in Florida on Wednesday after he stabbed an agent during questioning on his possible involvement with Tamerlan Tsarnaev in a triple homicide that took place before the Boston bombings, local media reported.

Boston bomb brothers more American than Chechen: Depardieu

May 21, 2013 14:30
GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - French actor Gerard Depardieu said on Tuesday the ethnic Chechen brothers accused of the Boston marathon bombing had been raised American and that residents of the volatile Russian region of Chechnya were not to blame. The actor, who accepted Russian citizenship after quitting France to avoid a planned 75 percent tax on millionaires, was echoing comments from Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, with whom he has been filmed socialising.

Depardieu compares Putin to Pope John Paul II

Agence France-PresseMay 18, 2013 07:15
French actor and newly-minted Russian citizen Gerard Depardieu on Saturday compared President Vladimir Putin to the late Pope John Paul II and said the ex-KGB agent was what Russia needed as a leader. Depardieu is preparing to shoot a new film in Moscow and the Chechen capital Grozny -- a city rebuilt from the ground up after nearly two decades of war -- as he settles in to his new role as global ambassador of Russian culture.

Depardieu and Hurley team up for Russia-set thriller

Agence France-PresseMay 15, 2013 20:15
French actor Gerard Depardieu, who was granted Russian citizenship by President Vladimir Putin, is set to film a thriller in Moscow and Grozny with British actress Elizabeth Hurley. Hurley revealed on Twitter on Wednesday that she was shopping for costumes in Moscow after arriving to make the film with the veteran French actor. "Hello Moscow!" she wrote on Twitter on Tuesday after writing on May 11 that she was "prepping for a new movie I start next week in Russia with Gerard Depardieu."

U.S. had more tips on Boston suspect; Congress asks questions

April 24, 2013 15:30
By Patricia Zengerle, Samuel P. Jacobs and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON/CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence was alerted when one of the Boston bombing suspects travelled to a volatile region of Russia last year, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, raising new questions about the government's handling of the case and how well law enforcement agencies share information and cooperate with one another.

Biden to join thousands honouring slain Boston officer

April 24, 2013 10:30
By Scott Malone and Samuel P. Jacobs BOSTON/CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Thousands of law enforcement agents from around the United States were to attend a memorial on Wednesday for a university police officer who authorities say was shot dead by the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, with Vice President Joe Biden to speak at the ceremony.

Chechen relative of Boston suspects alleges Russian plot

April 23, 2013 21:00
By Maria Golovnina GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - A member of the suspected Boston Marathon bombers' extended family said they were victims of a Russian plot to portray them as Chechen terrorists operating on U.S. soil. Said Tsarnaev, who lives in Grozny, the capital of Russia's volatile Chechnya region, on Tuesday accused Moscow of sending false information to the United States to frame the suspects, ethnic Chechen brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Chechen strongman 'punishes' minister in boxing ring

Agence France-PresseApril 23, 2013 13:46
The muscle-bound leader of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, boasted Tuesday that he had challenged a minister to a sparring session to punish him for errors, posting photographs of their punch-up on his Instagram page. Kadyrov wrote in a message on Instagram that he held the sparring session as a "pep talk" with the regional minister of sports and physical culture, whom he accused of poorly maintaining his ministry's building. "With a left and a right hook I explained to him ... that you need to use your head," he wrote.

Origins of Boston suspects expose Russia's Caucasus woes

Agence France-PresseApril 22, 2013 08:15
Their grandparents were deported by Stalin's police in the mass expulsion of Chechens in World War II. Their parents went to the United States from Dagestan in search of a better life. And they became adherents of radical Islam. The family history of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects has shown how the turbulence of the Caucasus region reverberates far beyond Russia's own borders.
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