Suspects' Chechen Roots Draws Eyes In Russia
So far, official reaction to the story in Russia has been muted.
State-run news media show clips of President Vladimir Putin condemning the bombing and offering condolences to the people of Boston. State media also focus on the follow-up telephone call between Putin and President Obama
That's a significant point, given that relations between Russia and the United States have been at a low point recently as the two nations exchange accusations of human rights abuses.
There's been relatively little attention so far to the story that in 2011, the FBI investigated Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the elder of the two brothers accused in the bombing.
That investigation came at the request of an unidentified foreign government. It could well have been Russia, which has reason to fear terrorist attacks after a long history of turmoil in the North Caucasus.
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