Putin says Boston bombings shows need for more unity on counter-terrorism
- 11 years ago
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Boston bombings showed the need for Russia and the United States to work more closely on security matters.
Speaking at his annual question-and-answer session broadcast live on Russian television, Putin said that the bombings proved his policy on the restive North Caucasus region was correct.
(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING:
"Russia itself is a victim of world terrorism, one of the first victims. It always bothered me when our Western partners, yes and your colleagues from Western mass media, called our terrorists - who committed atrocious, bloody, loathsome crimes on our country's soil - called them rebels, and almost never called them terrorists."
U.S. police have alleged that two ethnically Chechen brothers planted and detonated two pressure-cooker bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, killing three peo
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Boston bombings showed the need for Russia and the United States to work more closely on security matters.
Speaking at his annual question-and-answer session broadcast live on Russian television, Putin said that the bombings proved his policy on the restive North Caucasus region was correct.
(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING:
"Russia itself is a victim of world terrorism, one of the first victims. It always bothered me when our Western partners, yes and your colleagues from Western mass media, called our terrorists - who committed atrocious, bloody, loathsome crimes on our country's soil - called them rebels, and almost never called them terrorists."
U.S. police have alleged that two ethnically Chechen brothers planted and detonated two pressure-cooker bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, killing three peo