Yury Budanov, a former Russian army colonel who symbolized army abuses in the war in Chechnya, was shot dead in central Moscow.
Yury Budanov, a former Russian army colonel who symbolized army abuses in the war in Chechnya, was shot dead in central Moscow on Friday.
He was killed by an unidentified assailant who fired several shots from a pistol.
The attack occurred at about 12:10 Moscow time as Budanov left a notary’s office in central Moscow.
Police said there were at least two people involved in the killing, and they fled the scene in a Mitsubishi Lancer car.
The getaway car was found less than a kilometer away from the crime scene, a police source said.
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.
