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Ramzan Kadyrov, the current President of Republic of Chechnya in southern Russia, decried "any attempt" to connect the brothers with Chechnya in a statement Friday night.
WSJ: Russia Distances Itself From Chechen Brothers
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According to Chechnya's Moscow-backed President Ramzan Kadyrov, the Tsarnaevs spent little time in Chechnya, a republic devastated by war between Russia and separatist rebels in the 1990s.
BBC: Boston bombings: Pro-Tsarnaev posters in Chechnya
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It was the latest in a series of suicide attacks that have taken place in Russia and its breakaway Republic of Chechnya.
CNN: Chechnya's 'black widow' bombers
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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.
WSJ: Russia Distances Itself From Chechen Brothers
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LONDON, England -- A recent surge in suicide bombers from the breakaway Republic of Chechnya has caused security to be beefed up across Russia.
CNN: Chechnya's 'black widow' bombers
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GROZNY, Russia (CNN) -- It has been a year since Russia began its military suppression of secessionists in the breakaway republic of Chechnya.
CNN: Chechen war reaches one-year mark
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Though Chechnya, in late 1991, was the first North Caucasus republic to try to secede from Russia, an anti-Russian insurgency now covers the entire North Caucasus.
CNN: Boston bombing suspects: The Dagestan connection