Saturday, June 11, 2011

Payback In Russia



Russian Colonel Who Killed Chechen Girl Is Shot Dead -- BBC

A Russian colonel who was jailed for murdering a Chechen teenager has been shot dead in central Moscow.

Yuri Budanov was killed on Friday by an unidentified gunman on Komsomolsky Prospekt, a busy avenue in the capital, state prosecutors said.

In 2003 a court upheld his 10-year jail sentence for strangling an 18-year-old girl in war-torn Chechnya in 2000.

But he was released early from jail in January 2009 - a move that angered human rights activists.

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More News On The Assassination Of Former Colonel Yuri Budanov

Elza Kungayeva case reaches violent conclusion
-- RIA Novosti
Russia's only war criminal Yury Budanov assassinated in Moscow -- Christian Science Monitor
Russian Nationalist Hero Is Killed in Moscow -- Wall Street Journal
Russian colonel who killed Chechen woman shot dead in Moscow -- The Guardian
Budanov's death a "contract hit" - investigators -- Voice of Russia
Col. who killed Chechen woman gunned down -- UPI

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