An interesting article from the Russian newspapers
http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=37246
St. Petersburg Times
For Tsarnaev Brothers, Family Model Broke Down
MOSCOW As more details surfaced Monday regarding the complex family history of the Tsarnaev brothers, suspected of detonating deadly bombs at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, the traditions of Caucasian families became a focus of inquiry into why Tamerlan and Dzhokhar may have turned into terrorists.
The Tsarnaev family moved from Kyrgyzstan to Dagestan in the 1990s and then to the United States in the early 2000s, apparently struggling to fit into a wide array of societies. In recent years, the parents of the two suspects moved back to Makhachkala, the capital of the Republic of Dagestan, leaving their children in the U.S. ...
But the brothers mother told ABC news that, what Tamerlan said was law for Dzhokhar.
Caucasian families are typically governed by a patriarchal model, and the younger brothers loyalty to his elder sibling may have been strengthened by the pairs separation across an ocean from their parents.
...But the brothers mother told ABC news that, what Tamerlan said was law for Dzhokhar.
Caucasian families are typically governed by a patriarchal model, and the younger brothers loyalty to his elder sibling may have been strengthened by the pairs separation across an ocean from their parents.
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disclaimer: I don't post this because I agree with it, I just find other perspectives interesting. Especially since this is a sympathetic slant.:anguish: