WASHINGTON (AP) — A former official of the Russian government is telling Congress that lingering, Cold War-era distrust may have made American officials less inclined to act on tips from Russian security services about one of the alleged Boston Marathon bombers

Andranik Migranyan is a former member of the President Council of the Russian Federation and now director of the New York-based Institute for Democracy and Cooperation. The institute is a private group that promotes U.S.-Russia cooperation.