19 June 2002 MOSCOW, 18 June (Gazeta.Ru)–The court case against Colonel Yuri Budanov, who is charged with the murder of Chechen teenager Elsa Kungaeva, is essentially over. State prosecutor Sergei Nazarov demanded a light sentence of three years for the colonel’s abuse of powers and immediately asked that Budanov be amnestied. The court now has […]

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