with regard to the resistance to the russian federation in the soviet union collapsed they certainly thought that was their opportunity russia has worked hard our to keep them in the russian federation and it wasn't until early one nine hundred ninety five when bin laden himself sent in kind of his top level people largely to try and again conscript the chechen to greater chechen cause for independence into the greater global jihad that al qaida was pursuing at that time and al qaida has continued to try and keep its foot hold in that chechen conflict ever known john from what i've been hearing in the news of it doesn't really seem like u.s. intelligence agencies have previously been evaluating the chechen republic as a hotbed for american enemies obviously you're saying that al qaida has been recruiting there well the fact that these two men came from the surrounding area changed the america's government's attitude toward the region and more specifically its military focus. of the u.s. government reacts and how the military reacts certainly didn't something that. i have in the real

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he was a member of the presidential council of the russian federation between 1993- 2000 buried at vice president of the reformer foundation, and "democracyhe books and morality." he was awarded the russian medal of honor in 2009. we also have with us dr. greg douglas albert, professor of lyrical signs at georgia reach in a gossip. he studies at that group identity -- he studies at the group identity. he holds an ma and a phd from the university of connecticut's. dr. fries are, who joined the international crisis group in 2004. she serves as the director of the european program. has are covering the caucuses both north and south, bosnia, turkey, and cyprus. before joining the crisis group, she served as political officer in the osce election observation members -- missions. a phd from the london school of economics and a masters from the college of europe in belgium, which she obtained as a fulbright scholar. we welcome her with our witnesses today. we would ask for you to keep your testimony to five minutes. we will come back and ask questions once there is been everyone testified. if

>> there's been no cases of them taking outside the russian federation. if it's linked is very, very unusual. >> thank you so much. thank you all. that's the end of this special edition. the rachel maddow show is live. >>> that's last point after politically motivated violence super important. that was a great discussion of it. that was awesome. >> thank you. have an amazing weekend when you're done with this hour. >> thank you for staying with us. newspapers that are dated april 19th, 2013 will not be read. a lot of things that will be in the april 20th, 2013 newspapers will not be noticed even if they gh get in there. you'll be surprised to note that the governor of kansas stiigned restrictive abortion. the boy scouts today decided they will stop some of the ways they discriminate against gay people and the giant fertilizer explosion in texas rose to 14. the date on which all of those thinks happened in the news will forever live on as historical news footnotes because however porn they are or turn out to be in the long run it will always be remembered

he spent 6 months in the russian federation. how robust is the russian intelligence in the town where the parents lived? would be expected russians to keep track of an individual during six months? or is this an area where the writ of the government -- >> two months ago, the president of dagestan proved it is a failed state. bribery is very high. and lines are too many. too many ethnic groups. >> there are within dagestan 30 different mutually non- intelligible language groups. >> not the caucasus. >> but there are 30 different nations speaking. most are tri or quadrilingual. in many areas, it is very difficult for someone from the center to penetrate the plane was -- language communities so a lot goes on that frankly no one knows.>> thank you. you have time for a one minute statement. and we will be adjourning this hearing. >> ui, mr. chairman. i've been paying attention to the testimony in my office and trying to multitask, but i felt compelled to come. the issue is, listening to a lot, we talk about the wide-open territory and

months and the russian federation. how robust is the russian intelligence in the town where the parents lived? would be expected russians to keep track of an individual during six months? or is this an area where the writ of the government -- >> two months ago, the president a dagestan proved it is failed state. bribery is very high. and lines are too many. too many ethnic groups. there are within dagestan 30 different mutually non- intelligible languages -- language groups. not the caucasus. but there are 30 different nations speaking. most are tri or quadrilingual. in many areas, it is very difficult for someone from the center to penetrate the plane was communities so a lot goes on that frankly >> thank you. we have time for one minute statement and then we will be wrapping up this hearing. >> thank you. i have been paying attention closely. i felt compelled. i have a question. the issue is i have been listening to a lot and talking about the terrorists in the terrain that is not manageable. we have tried to bring so

while russia has released to the stealth eighteen officials who are banned from entering the russian federation of. violating human rights violations and now this is really as you just mentioned a direct response to the so-called magnitsky list that was published on. late friday now before the a macguineas kill list was released russia warrant that the reaction would be in accordance with the rules of parity and now we have received some first comments coming from russia's foreign ministry and now the sanction here regarding maybe we're going to see some of the comments from the foreign ministry anyway so here we go sanctions list includes figures involved in torture ad went on a bait and those infringing on the rights of the russian citizens that and neither one wore off less not were making but russia cannot ignore outright blackmail and the last one russo fabric washington lawmakers responsible for a serious blow to russia's u.s. relations now let's have a look at the list as i sat it includes eighteen officials those who are responsible for on go in human rights violations at the guantanamo

he spent 6 months in the russian federation. robust is the russian intelligence in the town where the parents lived? would be expected russians to keep track of an individual during six months? or is this an area where the writ of the government -- >> two months ago, the president of dagestan proved it is a failed state. bribery is very high. and ethnic lines are too many. there are too many ethnic from village to village different ethnic groups and sling which is are living. >> there are within dagestan 30 different mutually non- intelligible language groups. >> not the caucasus. >> just in dagestan, there are 30 different nations speaking. most are tri or quadrilingual. in many areas, it is very difficult for someone from the center to penetrate the plane was -- language communities so a lot goes on that frankly no one knows. >> thank you. you have time for a one minute statement. and we will be adjourning this hearing. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i've been paying attention to the testimony in my office and trying to multitask,

second if you then i think we have by the lore the russian federation may have proud of his. in the world of fashion the dress code is even more strict at this church in modeling schools where women are taught about the catwalk. and modeling is not a highly regarded profession in chechnya as it is in european russia a young woman is not supposed to display her beauty in public especially if she is married. many young women are not allowed to enter the modeling school. or you can see that your legs are tired your backs are tired and you are very hungry but you have to work it is difficult to be a model it is not about putting on a beautiful dress and going to the store to buy sausages. world fashion centers like paris and milan have shown interest in church and models but unmarried women cannot even leave the country by themselves and there are strict limits when it comes to wearing european clothes. we cannot wear a swimsuit model cannot go on the catwalk in a swimsuit we have our own rooms. all clothes have to be below the knee and the head has to be covered with a head scar

and the rest of the russian federation as well as sea but you have to that was a conspiracy theory. ready had enough and simply needed to protect what i have. the means of creating a stable political system. so that food. continued. to winning the election there were only two official meetings between them only one appearance with yeltsin was broadcast on t.v. that was when he was being appointed to the post of secretary or something for russia's security council. influence on the media had a hundred meetings with i'm certain. unable to influence. the confidence of the president's elder daughter. she was the president's most trusted confidant it became clear towards the. health reasons. that he had made the choice and was sure the new president would appreciate his efforts. brought him down he had to go because his time. to trouble. the country against my will i can't. do or i'm going to kick the bucket because. anything like that yes it was. the prosecutor. trying to create a political influence the course. of the presidential election in two thousand and four. former security coun

that means egypt. ( laughter ) then again, they are from chechnya, a federal republic of the russian federation located in the caucasuses mountains, which makes these terrorists caucasians. ( laughter ). so be on the lookout for caucasian males with dark hair and anger issue, and i believe we have a computer composite. ( laughter ) yes. ( applause ) that is the face of evil! ( laughter ) now, so many people out there confuse chesh 93 with the czech republic, but the czech ambassador to the u.s. released a statement saying the czech republic and chechnya are two very different entitys. hmmm. me thinks he doth protest too much. ( laughter ) because it doth sound too much like that other thing i doth thought it was. ( laughter ) nice try, your ambassadorship. i'm watching you, czech republic. you, too, chex mix. ( laughter ). ( applause ) now, even though-- even though these brothers are et cetera nickly chechen before coming to the u.s. they also spent time in krygyzstan and cas contact stan, places synonymous with unrest and high word scores in scrabble. ( laughter ). so if we put the pieces of

public religious law first in the secular law second if you then i think we have by the lore the russian federation may have proud of its. in the world of fashion the dress code is even more strict at this church of modeling schools where women are taught about the catwalk passout go into modeling is not a highly regarded profession in chechnya as it is in european russia a young woman is not supposed to display her beauty in public especially if she is married. many young women are not allowed to enter the modeling school. nor do i do see that your legs are tired your backs are tired and you are very hungry but you have to work it is difficult to be a model it is not about putting on a beautiful dress and going to the store to buy sausages. will fashion centers like paris and milan have shown interest in church and models but unmarried women cannot even leave the country by themselves and there are strict limits when it comes to wearing european clothes. we cannot wear a swimsuit model cannot go on the catwalk in a swimsuit we have our own rules. all clothes have to be below the knee and the head

the mother corn firmed with us the sfb, russian federal security services, their local branch here inn, went to meet them, i believe it was friday night, by the time they had heard the news here in russia. she described it as a very helpful meeting. they were trying to be -- they were trying to give them assistance. she alluded to the fact that they, the security services helped arrange two interviews with russian media. and she said, as well, that the russian security services told them it was a setup. now, we don't know if that's true. the mother has consistently said that she believes this whole thing is a setup of her son. >> final question, adrienne. there's been some suggest the father may, indeed, be traveling to the united states. is that true? >> reporter: that's right. when we asked him outright, what are your plans? are you going to the u.s.? he said he was planning to. but he had some certain problems to deal with and he wouldn't elaborate. then when we spoke to the mother a little while later, she let it slip that he was planning to fly tomorrow, wednesday, to the u.s., b