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locationlocationKazakhstantravel_locationKazakhstanSam Lipson recalled that Tsarnaev family members sometimes returned to Kazakhstan for visits. Elmirza Khozhugov testified that he grew up there and that Zubeidat Tsarnaeva brought his son to Almaty to stay with him for two or three months. Michel Reynolds described Kazakhstan as a destination for the 1944 deportation of Chechens and testified that Chechen communities there maintained their identity and family practices.
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Sam Lipson recalled that Tsarnaev family members sometimes returned to Kazakhstan for visits. Elmirza Khozhugov testified that he grew up there and that Zubeidat Tsarnaeva brought his son to Almaty to stay with him for two or three months. Michel Reynolds described Kazakhstan as a destination for the 1944 deportation of Chechens and testified that Chechen communities there maintained their identity and family practices.

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In sentencing arguments, Judy Clarke cited the family's moves through Kazakhstan as part of her account of childhood instability, while William Weinreb cited paternal family origins there to challenge the defense's cultural explanation of obedience.

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