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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