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Mass graves in Chechnya

Index Mass graves in Chechnya

In Chechnya, mass graves containing hundreds of corpses have been uncovered since the beginning of the Chechen wars in 1994. [1]

86 relations: Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Agence France-Presse, Akhmad Kadyrov, AM (Australian radio series), Amnesty International, Argun, Chechen Republic, Artillery, Associated Press, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Autopsy, Álvaro Gil-Robles, Barbed wire, BBC News, Blindfold, Booby trap, Burial, Chechnya, Civilian, CNN, Conviction, Council of Europe, Dacha, Death of Elza Kungayeva, Death of Nura Luluyeva, Decapitation, Dzhabrail Yamadayev, European Court of Human Rights, Extrajudicial punishment, Federal Security Service, Filtration camp system in Chechnya, First Chechen War, Goragorsky, Grozny, Gudermessky District, Human rights, Human Rights Watch, Ingushetia, Interfax, Jamestown Foundation, Khankala, Khanty-Mansiysk, Los Angeles Times, Mary Robinson, Mass grave, Memorial, Memorial (society), Moscow Kremlin, Mutilation, Nadterechny District, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, ..., OMON, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Prisoner of war, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Ransom, Refugee, ReliefWeb, Reuters, Russian Orthodox Church, San Francisco Chronicle, Second Chechen War, Security checkpoint, Sergey Kirov, Sergey Lapin (police officer), Sergey Yastrzhembsky, Special Battalions Vostok and Zapad, Summary execution, TASS, The Age, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, The Moscow Times, The New York Times, The New York Times International Edition, The St. Petersburg Times, Torture, Torture chamber, Tribunal, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Unmarked grave, Urus-Martanovsky District, Welt (German TV channel), White flag, Witness, Yuri Budanov. Expand index (36 more) »

Achkhoy-Martanovsky District

Achkhoy-Martanovsky District (Ачхо́й-Марта́новский райо́н; Тӏеьха-Мартан кӏошт, Theẋa-Martan khoşt) is an administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #40-RZ district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia.

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Agence France-Presse

Agence France-Presse (AFP) is an international news agency headquartered in Paris, France.

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Akhmad Kadyrov

Akhmad Abdulkhamidovich Kadyrov (Ахмат Абдулхамидович Кадыров; Къадири lабдулхьамидан кlант Ахьмад-Хьажи; 23 August 1951 – 9 May 2004), also spelled Akhmat, was the Chief Mufti of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in the 1990s during and after the First Chechen War.

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AM (Australian radio series)

AM, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's flagship current-affairs radio program, is one of Australia's longest-running productions.

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Amnesty International

Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a London-based non-governmental organization focused on human rights.

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Argun, Chechen Republic

Argun (Аргу́н), also known as Ustrada (Устрада) is a town in the Chechen Republic, Russia, located on the Argun River.

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Artillery

Artillery is a class of large military weapons built to fire munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry's small arms.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) founded in 1929 is Australia's national broadcaster, funded by the Australian Federal Government but specifically independent of Government and politics in the Commonwealth.

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Autopsy

An autopsy (post-mortem examination, obduction, necropsy, or autopsia cadaverum) is a highly specialized surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse by dissection to determine the cause and manner of death or to evaluate any disease or injury that may be present for research or educational purposes.

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Álvaro Gil-Robles

Álvaro Gil-Robles y Gil-Delgado (born 9 September 1944 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Spanish jurist and human rights activist.

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Barbed wire

Barbed wire, also known as barb wire, less often as bob wire or, in the southeastern United States, bobbed wire, is a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strand(s).

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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Blindfold

A blindfold (from Middle English blindfellen) is a garment, usually of cloth, tied to one's head to cover the eyes to disable the wearer's sight.

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Booby trap

A booby trap is a device or setup that is intended to kill, harm, or surprise a person or animal, unknowingly triggered by the presence or actions of the victim.

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Burial

Burial or interment is the ritual act of placing a dead person or animal, sometimes with objects, into the ground.

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Chechnya

The Chechen Republic (tɕɪˈtɕɛnskəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə; Нохчийн Республика, Noxçiyn Respublika), commonly referred to as Chechnya (p; Нохчийчоь, Noxçiyçö), is a federal subject (a republic) of Russia.

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Civilian

A civilian is "a person who is not a member of the military or of a police or firefighting force".

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel and an independent subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia.

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Conviction

In law, a conviction is the verdict that usually results when a court of law finds a defendant guilty of a crime.

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Council of Europe

The Council of Europe (CoE; Conseil de l'Europe) is an international organisation whose stated aim is to uphold human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe.

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Dacha

A dacha (a) is a seasonal or year-round second home, often located in the exurbs of Russian and other post-Soviet cities.

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Death of Elza Kungayeva

Elza Kungayeva (also known as Kheda Kungayeva, alternativelly spelled Kungaeva) (1982 – 27 March 2000) was a Chechen woman abducted, beaten, and murdered by a Russian Army Colonel during the Second Chechen War.

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Death of Nura Luluyeva

Nura Luluyeva (Нура Лулуева) (1960–2000) was a Chechen woman who was kidnapped and murdered by a Russian death squad in 2000.

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Decapitation

Decapitation is the complete separation of the head from the body.

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Dzhabrail Yamadayev

Dzhabrail Yamadayev (16 June 1970 - 5 March 2003) was a Chechen rebel field commander during the First Chechen War.

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European Court of Human Rights

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR or ECtHR; Cour européenne des droits de l’homme) is a supranational or international court established by the European Convention on Human Rights.

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Extrajudicial punishment

Extrajudicial punishment is punishment for an alleged crime or offense carried out without legal process or supervision from a court or tribunal through a legal proceeding.

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Federal Security Service

The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB; fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnəjə ˈsluʐbə bʲɪzɐˈpasnəstʲɪ rɐˈsʲijskəj fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjɪ) is the principal security agency of Russia and the main successor agency to the USSR's Committee of State Security (KGB).

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Filtration camp system in Chechnya

Filtration camps or filtration points (the official name) were used by the Russian federal forces for their mass internment centers during the First Chechen Wars in 1994-1996 and then again during the Second Chechen War between 1999 and 2003.

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First Chechen War

The First Chechen War (Пе́рвая чече́нская война́), also known as the First Chechen Сampaign (Пе́рвая чече́нская кампа́ния) or First Russian-Chechen war, was a rebellion by the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria against the Russian Federation, fought from December 1994 to August 1996.

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Goragorsky

Goragorsky (Горагорский; Горагорск) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Nadterechny District of the Chechen Republic, Russia, located on the Gorga River.

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Grozny

Grozny (p; Соьлжа-ГӀала) is the capital city of the Chechen Republic, Russia.

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Gudermessky District

Gudermessky District (Гудерме́сский райо́н; Гуьмсен кӏошт) is an administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #19-RZ district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia.

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Human rights

Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, December 13, 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,, Retrieved August 14, 2014 that describe certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected as natural and legal rights in municipal and international law.

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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.

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Ingushetia

The Republic of Ingushetia (rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə ɪnɡʊˈʂetʲɪjə; Гӏалгӏай Мохк), also referred to as simply Ingushetia, is a federal subject of Russia (a republic), located in the North Caucasus region.

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Interfax

Interfax Ltd. (Интерфакс) is a privately-held independent major news agency in Russia (along with state-operated TASS and RIA Novosti) and information services company headquartered in Moscow.

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Jamestown Foundation

The Jamestown Foundation is a Washington, D.C.-based institute for research and analysis, founded in 1984 as a platform to support Soviet defectors.

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Khankala

Khankala (Ханкала, translit) is a settlement in Groznensky District of the Chechen Republic, Russia, located to the east of Grozny, the republic's capital.

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Khanty-Mansiysk

Khanty-Mansiysk (Ха́нты-Манси́йск, lit. Khanty-Mansi Town; Khanty: Ёмвош, Yomvosh; Mansi: Абга, Abga) is a town and the administrative center of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.

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Mary Robinson

Mary Therese Winifred Robinson (née Bourke; Máire Bean Mhic Róibín; born 21 May 1944) is an Irish Independent politician who served as the 7th President of Ireland, she was the first female to hold this office.

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Mass grave

A mass grave is a grave containing multiple human corpses, which may or may not be identified prior to burial.

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Memorial

A memorial is an object which serves as a focus for memory of something, usually a person (who has died) or an event.

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Memorial (society)

Memorial (Мемориа́л) is a Russian historical and civil rights society that operates in a number of post-Soviet states.

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Moscow Kremlin

The Moscow Kremlin (p), usually referred to as the Kremlin, is a fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River to the south, Saint Basil's Cathedral and Red Square to the east, and the Alexander Garden to the west.

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Mutilation

Mutilation or maiming (from the Latin: mutilus) is cutting off or injury to a body part of a person so that the part of the body is permanently damaged, detached or disfigured.

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Nadterechny District

Nadterechny District (Надте́речный райо́н; Терк-Йистанан кӏошт) is an administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #16-RZ district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia.

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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (commonly known as the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)) is a United Nations agency that works to promote and protect the human rights that are guaranteed under international law and stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948.

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OMON

OMON (ОМОН — Отряд Мобильный Особого Назначения, previously Отряд Милиции Особого Назначения, Otryad Militsii Osobogo Naznacheniya, Special Purpose Police Unit) is a system of special police units of Federal Police within the National Guard of Russia, and previously Soviet and Russian Ministries of Internal Affairs.

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Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is the parliamentary arm of the Council of Europe, a 47-nation international organisation dedicated to upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law.

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Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person, whether combatant or non-combatant, who is held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a broadcasting organization that broadcasts and reports news, information, and analysis to countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East where it says that "the free flow of information is either banned by government authorities or not fully developed".

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Ransom

Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner or item to extort money or property to secure their release, or it may refer to the sum of money involved.

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Refugee

A refugee, generally speaking, is a displaced person who has been forced to cross national boundaries and who cannot return home safely (for more detail see legal definition).

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ReliefWeb

ReliefWeb is the largest humanitarian information portal in the world.

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Reuters

Reuters is an international news agency headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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Russian Orthodox Church

The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; Rússkaya pravoslávnaya tsérkov), alternatively legally known as the Moscow Patriarchate (Moskóvskiy patriarkhát), is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches, in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox patriarchates.

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San Francisco Chronicle

The San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California.

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Second Chechen War

Second Chechen War (Втора́я чече́нская война́), also known as the Second Chechen Сampaign (Втора́я чече́нская кампа́ния), was an armed conflict on the territory of Chechnya and the border regions of the North Caucasus between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, also with militants of various Islamist groups, fought from August 1999 to April 2009.

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Security checkpoint

Civilian checkpoints or security checkpoints are distinguishable from border or frontier checkpoints in that they are erected and enforced within contiguous areas under military or paramilitary control.

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Sergey Kirov

Sergei Mironovich Kirov (born Kostrikov; – 1 December 1934) was a prominent early Bolshevik leader in the Soviet Union.

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Sergey Lapin (police officer)

Sergei (Sergey) Lapin, also known by his radio communications call sign Kadet ("Cadet"), is a former Russian police officer who had served in Grozny, Chechnya as a Lieutenant in the OMON (special police detachment) from the Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug.

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Sergey Yastrzhembsky

Sergey Vladimirovich Yastrzhembsky (Серге́й Владимирович Ястржембский, Siergiej Władimirowicz Jastrzębski), born December 4, 1953, Moscow, is a Russian Federation politician and diplomat.

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Special Battalions Vostok and Zapad

Special Battalions Vostok and Zapad (Специальные батальоны "Восток" и "Запад", lit. "East" and "West") were two Spetsnaz units of the GRU, the military intelligence agency of Russian Federation, based in Chechnya.

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Summary execution

A summary execution is an execution in which a person is accused of a crime and immediately killed without benefit of a full and fair trial.

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TASS

Russian News Agency TASS (Informatsionnoye agentstvo Rossii TASS), abbr.

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The Age

The Age is a daily newspaper that has been published in Melbourne, Australia, since 1854.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The Moscow Times

The Moscow Times is an English-language weekly newspaper published in Moscow, with a circulation of 55,000 copies.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The New York Times International Edition

The New York Times International Edition is an English-language newspaper printed at 38 sites throughout the world and sold in more than 160 countries and territories.

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The St. Petersburg Times

The St.

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Torture

Torture (from the Latin tortus, "twisted") is the act of deliberately inflicting physical or psychological pain in order to fulfill some desire of the torturer or compel some action from the victim.

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Torture chamber

A torture chamber is a room where torture is inflicted.

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Tribunal

A tribunal, generally, is any person or institution with authority to judge, adjudicate on, or determine claims or disputes—whether or not it is called a tribunal in its title.

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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) is the United States' official memorial to the Holocaust.

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Unmarked grave

An unmarked grave is one that lacks a marker, headstone, or nameplate indicating that a body is buried there.

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Urus-Martanovsky District

Urus-Martanovsky District (Уру́с-Марта́новский райо́н; Хьалха-Мартанан кӏошт) is an administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #45-RZ district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia.

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Welt (German TV channel)

Welt (Formerly N24) is a television news channel and website based in Germany and owned by WeltN24 GmbH.

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White flag

White flags have had different meanings throughout history and depending on the locale.

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Witness

A witness is someone who has, who claims to have, or is thought, by someone with authority to compel testimony, to have knowledge relevant to an event or other matter of interest.

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Yuri Budanov

Yuri Dmitrievich Budanov (p; 24 November 196310 June 2011) was a Russian military officer convicted by a Russian court of kidnapping and murder in Chechnya.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_graves_in_Chechnya

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