[lbo-talk] Soldier convicted of murder in Chechnya not to receive pardon

[Chris Doss]

No Pardon for Budanov

by Sergei Borisov
27 September 2004

Colonel Yuri Budanov, killer of a Chechen girl, will
stay in prison after his former army superior, the
current governor of Ulyanovsk, backtracks on a
decision to pardon him. 

ULYANOVSK, Russia--A former colonel jailed for
kidnapping and murdering a Chechen girl and pardoned
by a regional commission on 15 September will not,
after all, be able to walk free with a presidential
pardon. 

This change of direction in the long and always
controversial case of Yuri Budanov came after the
largest street demonstrations by Chechens in years,
opposition from the pro-Kremlin Chechen government,
and--it seems--behind-the-scenes pressure from the
Kremlin. 

THE BUDANOV CASE

The Budanov case has become a touchstone issue, as
Budanov is the first and almost the only Russian
officer to have been punished for crimes against
Chechen civilians. Human rights groups have leveled
many accusations against Russian troops. Budanov's
case has also gained added prominence for its
convoluted course. 

http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=83&NrSection=1&NrArticle=12927

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