The Road to Boston

Russian soldiers in Grozny, Chechnya, February 2000               Dmitry Beliakov

Was it political ideology, a new-found religious fervor, personal alienation, or something totally different that spurred two brothers originally from Chechnya to, as authorities contend, set off two bombs at the end of the Boston Marathon? (Many to whom I've talked say, Who cares? They're bastards and should rot in hell. Even people who are usually quite lucid seem to have taken this tack, but that's another story.) Either way, the Chechen diaspora and its complicated, self-contradictory present certainly make for fascinating reading ~ and speculation: http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2013/04/russian-politics-0
   Beautiful in their raw portrayal of a world turned upside down by war and occupation, these photographs are of several neighboring countries, including Chechnya (slideshow): http://everyday-i-show.livejournal.com/149000.html