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And maybe that is possible that he suggested to him some radical ideas. >> reporter: he said tamerlan tsarnaev told him he'd quit boxing and listening to mainstream music because misha taught him that in islam it's not good to do those things. asked if he suspected that misha was connected to any terrorist groups -- >> i didn't suspect either him or tamerlan being connected to terror groups or having terrorist ideas. but i know that they had a lot of conversations about just, you know, islam and how islam is being attacked from the outside from the western countries and how islam is under pres...

Unbelievably. >> reporter: more pieces fit together in a telephone interview wolf blitzer did with the brother-in-law of the two suspects. he said he'd met misha twice, introduced to him by tamerlan. he didn't witness misha actually turning tamerlan into a radical islamist. >> but he certainly did have influence and did teach him things that would make tamerlan go away from the people and go more into the religion. maybe it's possible that he suggested to him some radical ideas. >> he said tamerlan tsarnaev had told him he'd quit boxing and listening to mainstream music because misha taught hi...

>> what was misha's last name? do you know his full name? >> no, i don't know his full name. i only met him twice. and it was just what tamerlan told me, this is misha, this is my friend, an armenian who converted to islam, and he lived for a while in the u.s. now. that's pretty much it. i heard them speak to each other, but i didn't listen to misha's words too much, because i don't really like talking about religion so much. >> did you ever suspect that mi]sha was connected to -- directly to any terror groups? >> i didn't suspect either him or tamerlan being connected to terror groups, or ha...

Mean i didn't witness him making them radicals. or i didn't witness him say things. i just know that tamerlan told me -- because misha was, you know, teaching him that it's not good in islam to do those things. i didn't suspect either him or tamerlan being connected to terror groups or having terrorist ideas. but i know that they had a lot of conversations about just, you know, islam and how islam is being attacked from the outside, you know, from the western countries and how islam is under pressure. but i never heard them speak of doing -- having terrorist attack

Things. >> what was victor's -- what was victor's last name? do you know his full name misha? >> i don't know his full name. i only met him twice. tamerlan told me this is misha, my friend. he lives in the u.s. for a while now. that's pretty much it. i heard them speak to each other but i didn't listen to what misha's words too much. >> did you ever suspect that misha was connected directly to any terror groups? >> i didn't suspect him or tamerlan being connected to terror groups or having terrorist ideas, but i know they