According to The Times, after an initial investigation by FBI agents in Boston, the Russians declined several requests for additional information they had about him.
Russia Withheld Intel On Boston Bombing Suspect
Credit: IronHide
April 10, 2014

Via AFP:

Russia declined to provide the FBI with information about one of the Boston marathon bombing suspects two years before the attack, The New York Times reported.

Three people were killed and about 260 wounded on April 15 last year when two bombs made of explosives-packed pressure cookers went off near the finish line of the marathon.

US authorities are seeking the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, then 19, for his alleged role in the blasts. His brother Tamerlan, 26, died after an exchange of fire with police after the Chechen Muslim brothers went on the run, sparking a four-day manhu...

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