Islamists silent on Russia's blame for airport blast
MOSCOW — Russia's Caucasus rebels remained conspicuously silent Sunday after investigators pinned the blame for a Moscow airport bombing that killed 35 people on a 20-year-old man from the restless region. The Investigative Committee reported in Saturday findings that the suicide bomber was specifically targeting foreigners when he set off his charge on January 24 at the international arrivals hall of Russia's busiest airport. The Domodedovo blast killed eight foreign nationals in an attack that -- if Moscow's claims are true -- would appear to mark a fundamental shift in the strategy followed by Islamists in their 15-year campaign against Russian rule. "According to investigators, the act of terror was first and foremost aimed against foreign citizens," Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said in televised remarks. The investigator refused to give the suicide bomber's name or the republic he came from because the police were still on the hunt fo...