Yury Budanov, a former Russian army colonel who symbolized army abuses in the war in Chechnya, was shot dead in central Moscow.
© RIA Novosti . Grigory Sysoyev / Go to the mediabankYury Budanov, a former Russian army colonel who symbolized army abuses in the war in Chechnya, was shot dead in central Moscow on Friday.
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Yury Budanov, a former Russian army colonel who symbolized army abuses in the war in Chechnya, was shot dead in central Moscow on Friday.
© RIA Novosti . Grigory Sysoyev / Go to the mediabankHe was killed by an unidentified assailant who fired several shots from a pistol.
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He was killed by an unidentified assailant who fired several shots from a pistol.
© RIA Novosti . Grigory Sysoyev / Go to the mediabankThe attack occurred at about 12:10 Moscow time as Budanov left a notary’s office in central Moscow.
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The attack occurred at about 12:10 Moscow time as Budanov left a notary’s office in central Moscow.
© RIA Novosti . Grigory Sysoyev / Go to the mediabankPolice said there were at least two people involved in the killing, and they fled the scene in a Mitsubishi Lancer car.
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Police said there were at least two people involved in the killing, and they fled the scene in a Mitsubishi Lancer car.
© RIA Novosti . Grigory Sysoyev / Go to the mediabankThe getaway car was found less than a kilometer away from the crime scene, a police source said.
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The getaway car was found less than a kilometer away from the crime scene, a police source said.
© RIA Novosti . Grigory Sysoyev / Go to the mediabankBudanov, who had commanded a tank regiment during the second Chechen war, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2003 for the kidnapping and murder of 18-year old Chechen woman Elsa Kungayeva three years earlier, was released on parole in January 2009, 15 months early.
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Budanov, who had commanded a tank regiment during the second Chechen war, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2003 for the kidnapping and murder of 18-year old Chechen woman Elsa Kungayeva three years earlier, was released on parole in January 2009, 15 months early.