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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 16 > Russian officers early release stirs protests

Russian officers early release stirs protests


January 16, 2009

MOSCOW — A former Russian army colonel convicted of strangling an 18-year-old Chechen woman walked out of prison 15 months early on Thursday, despite an outcry from lawyers and human-rights activists.

In a country where public dissent has become a rare commodity, Budanov’s....

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