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In December of 2002, a Russian court tried Russian Colonel Yuri Budanov on war crimes charges. He was accused of raping and strangling Elza Kungayeva, an 18-year-old Chechen woman whom Budanov claims was a rebel sniper. In a controversial decision, he was initially found not guilty by reason of insanity on December 31, 2002 and committed to a psychiatric hospital for further evaluation and treatment. Later this decision was overturned. He was serving a ten year sentence in Ulyanovsk Oblast until President Putin pardoned him.
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