Mister Medvedev's comments were televised from the republic of Dagestan, where two suicide bombers killed at least twelve people Wednesday.

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And both had traveled to Dagestan, a republic of some 3 million people.

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Since a high-profile manhunt in Boston shined the spotlight on the two bombing suspects, Russia has started distancing itself from the Tsarnaev brothers, whose parents are currently in Dagestan, a republic in the south of Russia that borders Chechnya.

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His father, speaking from the Russian republic of Dagestan on Friday, said Tamerlan was religious but in a peaceful way.

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