I have to disagree. I watched him and he was ANGRY!!! He says they shamed the family, shamed the religion and shamed his homeland. I think he wanted to make it perfectly clear to EVERYONE that he 100% denounces what his nephews have done. I can't say I don't blame him. A bit over the top? I don't know. It seems everyone is the family is a bit over the top, but perhaps it is a cultural thing. I know that my grandpa, who was from the old country in Italy never spoke without yelling. I always thought he was mad at me!
People from the caucuses are passionate. Be it anger or love or any other big emotion, you will generally know it very quickly lol. I lived in Russia as a child and remember the loud and boisterous parties bc i always thought they were fighting which they weren't.
You can see it with each member of the family, which is why i don't get bothered by any of them, i totally understand not believing your child had anything to do with it and given russia's repressive regime over his lifetime where people were disappeared or put on trial to get rid of them, i also understand him thinking cops could set up his boys.
The uncle was full of fury and disappontment with the boys and expressed it very umm forcefully. Not over the top at all to me.
The aunt made me smile if there is anything to smile about in this tragedy, loved it when she schooled the reporters on listening.She had as much passion as Ruslan even though she kept it on a quieter tone.
I see the whole family as victims and as an aside, if the parents had come out believing it was the boys i would think they had more to do with what happened than the zero i believe now. What sort of parents believe their kids could do such a heinous act? To me, that would be dysfunctional unless there was a huge history. They come from an area where LE is known to do what they want to get the result they want, very repressive and it only makes sense they could believe the same of US LE. They also didn't have half the information we did, ABC had to inform the dad and brother the first suspect was dead and the 2nd one was captured alive. I think the parents will come around to believing it was their sons, in fact think that dad may have already started because his message to his son was to tell the cops everything. everything. be honest.
eta. the aunts statement about the bodies could well be she didn't think either would come out alive or she realized the nephew would get the DP.
I cut the whole family a lot of slack, they must be in shock, grief stricken (yes i know it isn't like the victims or the families but to them..if innocent then this is a horrible mistake or purposeful one and their sons are victims too in their minds given they believe in innocence).
just my 2 cents.
eta again. Given everything we have heard about the younger boys life from friends and ppl who knew him, its puzzling to many of us. Imagine if the parents only knew the good kids...they didn't live with them full time either.