The Tajikistan Government has apparently issued a statement...

The Tajikistan Government has apparently issued a statement denying the guilt of those who were arrested....... and in one case dis-eared.

Were they scapegoats? If so where are the actual gunmen who walked casually away with their assault rifles.

The Medvedev/ Putin versions of events continue to unravel.

The Stans behave as sovereign nations now and won't turn the other cheek to Putin any more. The diplomatic crisis in this space may deepen.