Budanov Yuri Dmitrievich - Russian officer, former colonel. Born on November 24, 1963 in the city of Khartsyzsk, Donetsk region.

Graduated from the Kharkov Guards Higher Tank command school. He served in the military in Hungary and Belarus. In 1995-1999 he studied at the Academy of Armored Forces named after Marshal Malinovsky.

During the fighting against illegal armed formations in the Chechen Republic in January 1995, during a land mine explosion, he received a concussion of the brain.

In August 1998 he was appointed commander of the 160th Guards Tank Regiment, in January 2000 he was promoted to colonel. In October and November 1999, Budanov was twice shell-shocked when a shell exploded and when a tank was shelled from a grenade launcher.

On March 27, 2000, he was arrested on charges of kidnapping, rape and murder of 18-year-old Elza Kungayeva. The accusation of rape after the examinations and testimony of the participants in the case was withdrawn.

On July 25, 2003, by the verdict of the North Caucasian District Military Court, Yuri Budanov was sentenced under paragraph "c" of Part 2 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Murder") to 9 years in prison, under Part 1 of Article 126 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Kidnapping") to 6 years in prison, under paragraphs "a, c" of part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Exceeding official powers") to 5 years in prison with deprivation of the right to hold positions related to organizational and administrative functions in state bodies for a period of 3 years .

The final punishment for the totality of crimes committed by partial addition of punishments was determined in the form of imprisonment for a term of 10 years with a sentence of penal colony strict regime and with the deprivation of the right to hold positions related to organizational and administrative functions in state bodies for a period of 3 years.

In accordance with article 48 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, Yuri Budanov was deprived of the state award - the Order of Courage and military rank"Colonel".

In May 2004, Budanov filed a petition for pardon. On September 15, 2004, the pardon commission granted his request. The governor of the Ulyanovsk region Vladimir Shamanov signed a petition for pardon.

On September 21, 2004, Budanov withdrew his request for pardon, the application was granted.

In November 2006, Budanov filed a petition with the court of the Ulyanovsk region for parole, the request was denied. On December 24, 2008, the court granted Yury Budanov's request for parole. On January 15, 2009 he was released.

Budanov was serving his sentence in the 11th detachment of the correctional institution YuI 78/3 in the city of Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk region.

On June 10, 2011, he was shot dead on Komsomolsky Prospekt in Moscow. He left behind a wife and two children.

2000, 160th tank regiment is preparing to withdraw from the combat zone to the place of permanent deployment. During the months spent in Chechnya, this unit showed how to fight not with numbers, but with skill. For the entire time of the trip, the regiment lost one fighter, inflicting significant losses on the gangs.

Among the successes in eliminating pockets of armed resistance, cases stand out when the commander himself entered the rebellious villages and, through peaceful negotiations, persuaded a ceasefire. In those cases when such attempts did not lead to success, the military task was solved at the cost of minimal losses among the population, point targets were subjected to strikes.

This commander was Budanov, a hero of Russia, who, however, was not awarded a gold star. The fact that he would return the living sons to his parents was a more significant reward for him. But in last days Before returning, something unexpected happened.

A sniper showed up at a height adjacent to the regiment's deployment site. In five days, the shooter killed twelve people. Agents from among the local residents reported that Elza Kungayeva was firing. One accurate shot was fired at the house in Tangi-Chu, where she lived, after which the Chechen woman was taken prisoner. During the interrogation, the colonel, having listened to several impudent provocative remarks of the detainee, simply strangled her, apparently by accident, unable to control his emotions.

As you know, there was no war in Chechnya. There was a counter-terrorist operation, something like a police raid. Like in Korea in 1950-53. Consequently, what Budanov, the hero of Russia, did was qualified as a criminal offense. Apparently, he should have called the police squad, and let them figure it out. Protocols, fingerprints and all that stuff... By the way, the fire on the positions of the regiment immediately stopped. Indirectly, this confirms the correctness of the colonel.

The case received wide publicity. Relatives of the murdered terrorist showed her photographs with a mournful look, apparently appealing to the sympathy of the public. There were condolences (the “innocent girl” was killed after she shot back), but it’s not about them. The law is the law, the hero of Russia, was convicted under articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation 105, 126 and 286 for 10 years to be served in a strict regime colony. He was also demoted and stripped of his awards. The investigation proved that the rape, on which the prosecution insisted, did not take place.

Three years later, in 2004, the convict filed which in 2008 was granted. Governor Shamanov took into account the merits to the motherland and the heavy shell shock he suffered. However, apparently, not all fellow citizens approved of this decision. Exclamations of indignation and threats were heard from Chechnya.

Yuri Budanov, Hero of Russia, was shot dead in broad daylight in the center of Moscow from a passing car on June 10, 2011. The crime was well prepared, the traces were carefully covered, the firing points were chosen so that the image of the shooter did not fall into the lens of the CCTV cameras. Used converted weapons, almost unidentifiable.

Yuri Budanov, Hero of Russia, is buried in the cemetery in Khimki. spend in last way, in addition to relatives and friends, his comrades-in-arms came, of which there were many. They had something to remember. During his military service, the deceased officer saved hundreds of lives, he was a father to his soldiers and took care of each of them.

At law enforcement agencies Russian Federation there is an opportunity to show your ability to stand guard over people's lives, justice and the law. To do this, you just need to find the killers. In this case, the crime took place in peacetime and in a peaceful city, the capital of our country. Nothing should interfere with justice.

Perhaps, in such conditions, it is more difficult to determine who killed Budanov, the hero of Russia, than to investigate the circumstances of the death of a Chechen sniper girl during the hostilities, but this must be done. Otherwise, our fellow citizens may form their own opinion about our police, and it will not be very good.

Magomed Suleymanov, the murderer of Colonel Yuri Budanov, recently died in one of the Russian zones. He died symbolically and somehow at the wrong time - exactly on the eve of the date of the murder he committed and his own wedding (while in prison, he was going to marry, and in Chechnya they had already found a bride for him, whose parents agreed to give their daughter in marriage to a prisoner). The killer even sharply recovered from the mere thought of his future marriage. But for some reason something went wrong. Some providence intervened. The groom suddenly felt unwell and died. The wedding did not take place. Instead, a grand funeral had to be held. Suleymanov was buried as a national hero of Chechnya. last death in a long series of deaths, it put an end to the tragic confrontation between officer Budanov, betrayed by the authorities at one time, and his many ill-wishers. Who was really a big enemy for the colonel - Chechen fighters or the power of that era that betrayed him? This question is still open...

Mysterious sniper from Tangi-Chu

Briefly about the prehistory of the conflict. During the second Chechen campaign, the colonel commanded the 160th Guards Tank Regiment. The regiment did not get out of combat. And at the moment when he was finally taken out of the zone of active operations, near the village of Tangi-Chu, he suddenly found himself in a sector of sniper fire. The sniper acted in a savage manner - first he shot in the groin, and then in the heart or head. Budanov was heavy on hand and quick to reprisal. "One execution will save hundreds of Russians from death and thousands of Muslims from treason." He repeated these words of Yermolov to his subordinates hundreds of times. And the task of any commander in a war is quite simple and boils down to two short and distinct points: to complete a combat mission and save personnel. By any means.

Budanov quickly took up the implementation of the second of them. He saved his personnel, the soldiers entrusted to him. As a result of operational search activities, they reached Kungaeva. She was unanimously pointed out by the authorities of the village, to whom Budanov made an offer that they could not refuse. True, later they also unanimously recanted their testimony. Kungaeva was immediately seized and brought to the regiment "for clarification." Budanov burned with a thirst for revenge and quick reprisals. The colonel's tragic mistake was his decision not to wait for representatives of the military prosecutor's office (they had already been notified of the incident). He began the interrogation himself. And then events began to develop rapidly on the rise. Eyewitnesses of the incident say that someone called Budanov. He digressed. At that moment, Kungaeva rushed at him, trying to take possession of the service card. At that time it was not the best decision. Pushing her away, the enraged Budanov (the officer was distinguished by a large build) slapped Kungaeva with a powerful slap in the face. It turned out to be incompatible with life - the blow broke the attacker's cervical vertebra. Then a version arose about rape, which, however, was not subsequently confirmed by any of the examinations.

The Chechen media and the human rights activists who joined them during both Chechen campaigns (Sergey Kovalev and others) boiled with indignation. According to Paratrooper General, Hero of Russia Vladimir Shamanov, who knew the tankman well, "they competed excitedly to see who would pour more lies and dirt on the colonel."

Neither the General Staff nor the Ministry of Defense stood up for one of their best officers. Furthermore. Many of the officials and officers involved in the conflict publicly denied their former colleague and made statements that predetermined his guilty verdict. Anatoly Kvashnin, commander of the united grouping of federal troops in Chechnya, said in general that the colonel is a bandit, and there is no place for such people in Russian army. It was the same Kvashnin, whose potential killer Budanov personally shot in battle.

"I'll wind your guts on the machine ..."

The investigation was exhaustingly long and dreary. According to one version, after two brain contusions received in the war, Budanov received a serious mental disorder. To establish it mental state several forensic psychiatric examinations were carried out. The examinations gave different conclusions: “insane”, “limitedly sane”, “sane”. According to the forensic psychiatrist Kondratiev, who spent many hours talking with Budanov, “there is no doubt that at the time of the crime the officer was in a state of temporary mental disorder. This state was provoked by Kungaeva, who told him that she would wind his guts around the machine gun, after which she grabbed her weapon. But the court ordered a second examination, and when she repeated my conclusion, a third one. The third examination confirmed the findings of the previous two. Then they appointed an examination in Chechnya. Chechen psychiatrists decided that he could be responsible for his actions, after which he was convicted. I still believe that we made the right decision.”

Order of Courage for "service inconsistency"

In Chechnya, Budanov was well known on both sides of the barricades. He was not afraid of the devil, or the bullet, or the militants, or the wrath of the authorities. In the first Chechen war, putting his career at stake, the tanker rescued special forces who were ambushed. Once again, someone betrayed the scouts, and they flew into a trap. The battle went on for several hours. The specialists were already running out of ammunition, and the militants kept arriving. The weather was non-flying, the "turntables" could not help. Fortunately, Budanov's unit was located not very far from the scene of the clash. He requested permission to rush into battle. Clever staff officers categorically forbade the colonel to climb into the "fire bag": it's none of your business. They get out on their own. But the tanker decided differently. Having verbally sent staff officers to an address widely known to the people, he personally led a column of tanks that rushed to the rescue of specialists. In that battle, "fuel oil" saved the special forces.

Revenge for Kvashnin

Second Chechen campaign began with Shamil Basayev's attack on peaceful villages in Botlikh. In August 1999, Chief of the General Staff Anatoly Kvashnin decided to make an inspection trip to the Botlikh region. He took with him several generals and colonels. This air voyage took place in compliance with all secrecy measures. But, as it often happened in that war, somewhere "leaked", and the generals were already waiting for the "bad guys" on the ground. An ATGM firing point was pre-equipped four kilometers from the landing site for a group of helicopters. As soon as the helicopters began to land, the militants opened fire. As experts later found out, the pro shot. From the maximum flight range, only a professional sniper could hit the helicopter with a guided missile. Such all over the world can be counted on the fingers. Captured Chechen militants later said that it was a Kabardian mercenary from Jordan.

Helicopters with the generals crashed to the ground. Kvashnin and his companions jumped from the side to the ground from a height of several meters, while the pilots tried to keep the car from stalling. But the crew died. Saving the generals, another Hero of Russia pilot Yuri Naumov, navigator Alik Gayazov and special forces intelligence officer Sergei Yagodin went into the world.

A few months later, Budanov's regiment was subjected to the same attack. Four kilometers (standard distance) from the duty group of tanks, a Niva appeared, from which a group of people in camouflage came out. They busily and calmly began to install the ATGM launcher. The fighters weren't worried. They knew very well that Budanov's regiment was armed only with old T-62 tanks, which had no guided missiles in their ammunition load. And four kilometers is the ultimate shot for a tank gun. It is unrealistic to hit a point target - "Niva" from such a distance. The first shot fired by a guided missile set fire to one of the T-62s. The crew, fortunately, was not there. And then the unthinkable happened. Budanov rushed to the duty car, “carried out” the commander from it, clung to the sight. The very first shot of a high-explosive fragmentation projectile smashed to pieces both the SUV, and the rocket launcher, and everyone who was fussing next to it. It was the same Circassian and his retinue. Colonel Budanov personally destroyed the one who killed the Hero of Russia pilot Yuri Naumov and his friends. With his shot, he signed the death warrant for the potential killer of the Chief of the General Staff. Which did not prevent Kvashnin from calling his savior a bandit at a difficult time for Budanov.

Well, the technology is old: push the falling one. Career is everything. It can also be done on the bones of colleagues ...

"People's avenger" or a tool of intimidation?

The case of Budanov was dealt with by the North Caucasus District Military Court. The colonel was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The investigation and trial of the colonel at that time had a huge public outcry in Russia and Chechnya. The colonel's case became peculiar social test to define "friend or foe". Are you for us or for them?

Budanov was released on parole in January 2009. And on June 10, 2011, he was shot in Moscow by a native of Chechnya, Yusup-Khadzhi Temerkhanov (formerly known as Magomed Suleimanov). The colonel was shot dead by the unwavering hand of a cold-blooded killer - all six bullets hit the target. Subsequently, Yusup-Magomed did not admit his guilt. Yusup-Magomed never had a direct relationship with Elsa Kungaeva. Neither brother nor uncle. According to one version, the killer, shooting at Budanov, took revenge on the federals for the fact that at one time, 11 years ago, Russian servicemen killed his father in Chechnya. Allegedly, he associated Budanov (who had nothing to do with the murder of his father) with all the evil that the feds inflicted on his countrymen during the Chechen wars.

With the killer's father - also a muddy story. The investigation had information that he was an active participant in gangs. But the court did not dig so deep.

It is clear that Yusup in this story was an ordinary performer. The version of revenge for the father is a legend for the uninitiated in Chechen realities. Chechens never take revenge on representatives of some " social group". In their terms, this is idiotic. Highlanders always revenge targeted. And in this case, it was Budanov who was chosen as the addressee. But not only him. This was a message to everyone who fought against the militants in both Chechen wars. We, they say, remember everything. And we'll get everyone. And Budanov will not be the last on our personal officer's firing list. No wonder the Union of Officers of Russia reacted so sharply to the murder of a tanker. Its representatives have made it clear that they will not put up with this state of affairs and will take retaliatory measures. Which ones were not specified.

Besides, the Chechens are pathologically incapable of losing. And their loss in the second Chechen was more than obvious. Tens of thousands of bearded fighters for pure Islam were sent to the next world as a result of the second campaign. The federals beat them in all the gorges, in every village, around every turn and bend of the river. Russian war machine, like a concrete mixer or a hammer of war, methodically grinded them in her millstones.

Seeing what prospects this promises for the entire population of mountain Chechens, Ramzan Kadyrov performed a miracle. He found words in Russian, and arguments in his head to convince the commander in chief to stop this merciless massacre.

He succeeded. “We survived! Ramzan shouted into the microphone, not hiding his emotions. “You see, we survived!”

After the "survival" came the second action of the Chechen self-identification - it was necessary to take away the victory from the feds. Or to lubricate their triumph as much as possible (which in fact was not - that victory cost Russia too much). And for this it was necessary to get yesterday's heroes of the Chechen war in Russia, to kill the brightest winners. Well, or send them to jail - as a warning to the rest. The Chechens considered the Russian authorities of that time and Russian justice as their faithful allies in this matter.

With the captain of the special forces, Eduard Ulman, nothing happened. He and his comrades disappeared on the day of the sentencing. But Budanov, by joint efforts, was able to put him behind bars. Following him, they managed to send two officers of the Dzerzhinsky division to jail - Sergei Arakcheev and Yevgeny Khudyakov. After that, the activity of the "people's avengers" from Chechnya came to naught. Looks like they were made an offer they couldn't refuse. Yes, and the power in Russia was already different. Throwing officers into the crucible of war, and then handing them over to be torn to pieces by their former enemy, became completely unpromising. Therefore, the search for the "guilty" and their surrender to yesterday's enemy ceased.

Freedom and death

“It’s bad that they let him out, they shouldn’t have let him out,” Vadim Rechkalov, a columnist for Moskovsky Komsomolets and an experienced journalist who has been to Chechnya many times, said in an interview on Ekho Moskvy. - It was necessary to give him 25 years, release him in 10 - with other documents, a different person, save, take away, hide. The authorities knew perfectly well that the Chechens would get him, but nevertheless they released him. And thus condemned to death. He may have committed a crime, but he did not start this war. First, our soldiers and officers are left in Chechnya to their fate and forbidden to shoot first, and then, when the towers of the most unsophisticated people are demolished and they become socially dangerous, they say: why did you do this? What is this if not betrayal? The Chechens found the moment, found the time, found the weapon, found the Mitsubishi in order to take revenge, to regain their dignity. But ours - no, we are not interested in Budanov - you are waste material, no one needs you. Chechens put their own above any laws. And we sit and argue whether he is such a criminal or even worse a criminal. This is the law of war: one's own or another's. And when it interferes with politics and criminal law, it turns out to be complete nonsense ... "

two truths

In war, each participant has his own truth. The mutual existence of two truths that do not intersect in any way, do not want to hear and understand each other, is the cause of the war. The truth of the Kungaev family: Budanov kidnapped and killed an innocent girl. The truth of commander Budanov: the girl was an enemy, an enemy sniper and killed his soldiers.

Yuri Budanov is long dead. Earth rest in peace to him. The symbol and curse of the second Chechen war, a Russian officer of the Russian army, a hard and honest man, brave and short-sighted, a brilliant commander, who in an instant deliberately and irrevocably ruined his own and others' lives, fell at the hands of a hired killer. The drama of the abandoned warrior, who was first sent to the inferno of war, was actually made a criminal, and after that he was also condemned, having officially been called a criminal, ended in a bloody tragedy - six aimed shots of a blood lover.

No, it wasn't blood. The bloodlines don't shoot around the corner. Enemy snipers and snipers shoot from around the corner. This murder was committed on the eve of Russia Day. Significant. And death overtook the killer on the eve of his own wedding. It's also iconic. And symbolically.

Budanov Yuri Dmitrievich is a Russian soldier. He took part in many military operations. During the Second Chechen campaign, he led a tank regiment, had the rank of colonel. His life was short lived. At first he was convicted of committing a brutal crime, and after his release he was shot on one of the streets of Moscow.

Yuri Budanov: biography

Place and date of birth of Yury Budanov: Ukrainian Republic, Donetsk region, Khartsyzsk city, November 24, 1963. He grew up as an active child, was fond of martial arts, mastered the sambo technique. Born into a military family, Yuri followed in his father's footsteps. He dreamed of a military career.

In 1981, he was called up for military service. After the end of his service, Budanov decided to continue his studies in military affairs, not imagining himself in another profession. He made a decision for himself that he was not created for a peaceful life. The young man entered the Kharkov Guards Higher Tank Command School, which he graduated in 1987. After receiving his education, he served in Buryatia, Hungary and Belarus. Yuri returned to the Russian Federation after the collapse Soviet Union not wanting to stay in a foreign country.

The biography of Yuri Budanov is quite interesting, because he devoted almost his entire life to military service. Returning to Russia, this man continued military career in Transbaikalia. He had an ideal reputation, had no complaints. Here he stayed for ten years. During this time, Yuri Dmitrievich graduated from the military academy and received the rank of lieutenant colonel. Later Yury Budanov served in Chechnya.

Military service in the Chechen Republic

There were numerous disputes about whether Yuri participated in the First Chechen campaign. The fact is that the documents with which you can confirm this fact have disappeared. According to some reports, it became known that the serviceman destroyed them on his own. And he really had a reason for it. Knowing about the shell shock, the medical commission would simply not allow him to take part in the Second Chechen War. Journalists carefully studied the biography of Yuri Budanov and found out that he took an active part in the First Chechen War and was even seriously wounded. The second Chechen campaign also did not bypass the military. He was shell-shocked three times due to wounds.

Budanov's feat

Many people who knew Yuri Budanov consider him a real hero. To some extent, this is true. At the end of 1999, a reconnaissance group led by Shtykov fell into a trap. The militants were able to deceive the Russian military, sending them on the wrong path. As a result, help came to a completely different place. The tank battalion, located in the regiment of Yuri Dmitrievich, was able to help the reconnaissance group. At the same time, about fifty people died, was lost military equipment. Other troops were unable to quickly orient themselves and come to the rescue due to bad weather conditions.

The serviceman made an independent decision to save the reconnaissance group, he did not receive orders from above. For this, the colonel was reprimanded, but still a little later he was awarded the medal "For Courage".

End of career

On March 26, 2000, the irreparable happened. This date became fatal in the life of the hero of our article. To find out why Yuri Budanov was convicted, you need to consider the events that preceded this. It was on this day that the colonel's daughter was born. He decided to celebrate this significant event with his colleagues. Alcoholic drinks have taken their toll.

Drunken soldiers came up with the idea to shell the village where civilians lived. But not all participants in the drinking bout agreed with this decision. And then Colonel Budanov decided to get even with the girl who was suspected of being a sniper. This girl's name was Elza Kungaeva. She was a Chechen and barely 18 years old. It was on this day that the colonel put an end to his impeccable career with his own hands.

Details of the crime

Colonel Budanov, being intoxicated, ordered his subordinates to bring the girl to him. The soldiers, having arrived in the village, dragged Elsa out of the house by force and brought her to the headquarters. Budanov personally interrogated Kungaeva. The interrogation lasted several hours. The colonel applied physical force to the girl. As a result of such interrogation with the use of violent actions, the girl was strangled. Moreover, her neck was broken. After Elsa's death, her body was handed over to the soldiers, who in turn abused him. Later, a forensic medical examination, examining the girl's body, confirmed the fact of rape.

Detention of Colonel Budanov

After the crime became known to the public, the colonel was taken into custody. The arrest took place on March 27, the day after the murder. At one point, the hero Budanov turned into a brutal killer. Initially, he was charged not only with murder, but also with rape. The rape article was later dropped. It turned out that the violent actions against the deceased were carried out by the soldier Yegorov.

A noisy and lengthy trial. The prosecution spoke of three crimes committed by the colonel: kidnapping, murder and abuse of power.

Consequence

During the investigation, Budanov was repeatedly interrogated. Each time he repeated the same version of events. The story of Yuri Budanov was known not only to the investigator, but also to his cellmates. According to the colonel, during the interrogation, Elza Kungayeva confessed to the charges against her. She spoke about feeling hatred towards Russian servicemen.

Knowing that the girl's father keeps firearms in his house, all family members were taken under the supervision of the military. As a result, it turned out that Elza Kungaeva periodically goes to the mountains. As a result of established surveillance, it was possible to find out that the young girl is a professional sniper and fights on the side of the militants.

Having received a confession from Elsa, Colonel Budanov decided to hand over the girl to the soldiers for detention. According to Yuri Dmitrievich, there was a high temperature in the room and he, having removed upper part military uniform, put the service weapon on the table. The girl grabbed the Colonel's pistol and tried to fire it. A struggle began, and in the heat of passion Budanov strangled the suspect. Yuri claimed that the murder he committed was unintentional. He explained his insane state by the fact that Kungaeva threatened to find his newborn daughter and kill her. He repeated her cruel words that she would wind the intestines of a child on a machine gun.

The servicemen claimed to have buried the girl's body immediately after she was killed. But forensic medical examination argued otherwise. During the exhumation, it turned out that the girl had been severely beaten and raped during her lifetime. Moreover, it turned out that at the time of her burial, she was still alive.

The case of Yuri Dmitrievich Budanov received a wide public outcry. There were defenders and opponents of the colonel. The investigation into the case of Yuri Budanov went on for three years. In 2002, he was declared insane. The court took into account the contusions preceding the crime. The examination said that such injuries easily explain the condition of a combat officer. They could provoke a loss of control over consciousness. Compulsory treatment in the clinic was supposed. But a little later, the decision of the court was annulled.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation issued a verdict in July 2003. The decision of the court was disappointing. Budanov Yury Dmitrievich was sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years. He was sent to serve his sentence in a strict regime colony in the city of Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk Region. Moreover, Yuri was stripped of all military ranks and awards. It was also decided to ban holding leadership positions for three years.

Why was Yury Budanov convicted? The verdict was passed on all three charges brought by the prosecutor.

Prison term

While serving his sentence, the former colonel repeatedly filed petitions to mitigate his fate. The first petition was sent to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. Due to the fact that the case of Yuri Budanov gained international resonance, he withdrew the petition.

President of the Chechen Republic Kadyrov declared the officer an enemy Chechen people. He accused him of cruelty and inhumanity.

A little later, Budanov filed a petition for pardon again. After that, the commission agreed to return to Yuri his awards, deserved by blood. But the case turned into public discontent, after which the petition was rejected.

The next petition was filed in 2007. The result was negative. A year later, the court made a positive decision, and the former military man's term was reduced. In early 2009, Yuri Dmitrievich Budanov was released from custody. He served almost the entire term.

New life for ex-military

Having received the long-awaited freedom, Yuri returned to his family. His father had a serious illness. He died shortly after his son's return from prison. Budanov was allocated housing, provided Good work. He started life anew. But everything turned out to be not so simple. Yuri was charged with a new charge. Civilians of the Chechen Republic began to claim that the former military man was involved in the kidnapping and murders of eighteen more people. A criminal case was opened, and the investigation began again. Nevertheless, Budanov's involvement in the crimes was not confirmed. All charges were dropped.

Murder of Yuri Budanov

The family of Yuri Budanov consisted of four people: Yuri, his wife, son Valery and daughter Catherine. At the time of the death of the former military man, his son was already an adult and lived an independent life. Daughter Catherine was 11 years old. Her parents wanted to send her abroad. To do this, it was necessary to issue certain documents. Budanov and his wife went to the notary, near the office of which the father of the family was killed.

On June 11, 2011, at 12 o'clock, shots were fired on Komsomolsky Prospekt, which were aimed at ex-colonel Yuri Dmitrievich Budanov. Three bullets hit the head, two - in the body. The man died instantly. He had no chance of survival.

The murder of Yuri Budanov was discussed on the central television channels of the country. Video footage filmed by street cameras was shown to the public. According to them, the identity of the killer Yuri Budanov was determined. The police were able to quickly find the man. Yury Budanov's killer claimed revenge was his motive.

Where is the former soldier buried?

Many believe that the murder of Yuri Budanov was inevitable, while blaming the leader of the Chechen Republic. After all, the deceased himself repeatedly told his relatives about a possible attack, which could be revenge for the murdered Elza Kungaeva. Many articles appeared in the press about where Yuri Budanov was buried. His last refuge was the Novoluzhinskoye cemetery in Khimki.

The funeral was attended a large number of his co-workers. They escorted each other with honors on their last journey. On that day, the place where Yury Budanov is buried was visited by several thousand people. The former soldier was buried as befits a hero.

After the tragedy, the family of Yuri Budanov was in danger. Colleagues and acquaintances helped his wife Svetlana in every possible way. Yuri Budanov's family was taken under guard. The state did not leave the relatives of the former officer in danger.

The biography of Yuri Budanov is of interest to many residents of Russia. After all, he was a valiant officer, served his homeland, not imagining life without military service. Having made a mistake, having lost control over his behavior, he broke the law. He not only suffered the legal punishment for the crime he had committed, but also paid for it with his life. Despite the irreparable act he committed, in the eyes of many people he remained a respected person.

After graduating from college, he served in military service for three years as part of the units of the Southern Group of Forces on the territory of Hungary, after that - in the Byelorussian SSR; after the collapse of the USSR, he continued to serve in the Russian Federation.

In October 1998 he was appointed commander of the 160th Guards Armored Regiment stationed on the territory of the Trans-Baikal Military District (since December 1998 - the united Siberian Military District).

Since September 1999, together with the regiment, he took part in hostilities on the territory of the Chechen Republic.

In January 2000 was awarded the order Courage and received (early) the rank of colonel.

On March 30, 2000, Yuri Budanov was arrested by military prosecutors on charges of kidnapping, rape and murder of 18-year-old Chechen woman Elza Kungayeva.

During the investigation, Budanov testified that, considering Kungaeva, a resident of the village of Tangshi-Chu, to be a sniper of one of the gangs, he ordered his subordinates to deliver the girl to the location of the regiment, after which, during interrogation, he strangled her, since Kungaeva allegedly resisted and tried to take possession of the weapon. Subsequently, Budanov, without denying the fact of the murder, insisted that he acted in a state of passion.

On February 28, 2001, in the North Caucasus District Military Court (Rostov-on-Don), the trial of the Budanov case began, which was charged with crimes under articles 126 (kidnapping), 105 (murder) and 286 (abuse of power) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation .

In July 2001, the North Caucasus District Military Court announced a break in court hearings in connection with the psychiatric examination of Budanov at the State scientific center social and forensic psychiatry. V.P. Serbsky (Moscow). In October of the same year - after passing the examination - Budanov was transferred back to Rostov-on-Don.

On December 16, 2002, an expert opinion was announced in the North Caucasus District Military Court, according to which Budanov was declared insane due to the consequences of a shell shock.

On December 31, 2002, the North Caucasian District Military Court ruled to release Budanov from criminal liability and send him to compulsory treatment, but on February 28, 2003, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized such a decision as unfounded and made in violation of substantive and procedural law and sent the case for a new trial (at the same time, the preventive measure against Budanov remained the same - detention in the pre-trial detention center of Rostov-on-Don).

On July 25, 2003, the North Caucasian District Military Court found Budanov guilty of abuse of office, as well as the kidnapping and murder of Kungayeva. According to the court decision, Budanov was deprived of his military rank and the Order of Courage and sentenced to ten years in prison with a term in a strict regime colony (when sentencing, the court took into account Budanov's participation in the counter-terrorist operation and the presence of minor children), after which he was transferred to a colony YuI 78/3 (city of Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk region).

On May 17, 2004, Budanov filed a petition for clemency addressed to the President of Russia, but on May 19 he withdrew it. The reason for the recall was the uncertainty with Budanov's citizenship, since he was called up to the Armed Forces of the USSR back in 1982 from the Ukrainian SSR (on May 21, 2004, Budanov was given a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation).

On September 15, 2004, the Ulyanovsk Regional Pardon Commission granted Budanov's new petition for pardon, but this decision led to protests from the Chechen public, as well as a statement by the head of the government of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, that if Budanov is released, "we will find an opportunity to reward him on merit", and on September 21 the convict was forced to withdraw the petition.

In the future, the courts several more times - on January 23, August 21, 2007, April 1 and October 23, 2008 - refused to release Budanov on parole until December 24, 2008, the Dimitrovgrad court of the Ulyanovsk region ruled on his conditional - early release.

In Chechnya, this decision of the court caused numerous protests.

On June 9, 2009, it became known that Yuri Budanov had been interrogated as a suspect in a criminal case on the murder of residents of Chechnya. According to the RF Investigative Committee, in 2000, 18 residents of the Chechen Republic were illegally deprived of their liberty at a checkpoint located near locality Duba-Yurt, Shalinsky district of the Chechen Republic. Three of them were subsequently found dead. A number of local residents claimed that Yury Budanov was involved in the commission of this crime.

On June 10, 2009, the Investigative Committee at the Prosecutor's Office reported that Budanov had been cleared of suspicion of killing residents of Chechnya. According to the materials of the Investigative Committee, Budanov testified that he could not physically be at the checkpoint located near the settlement of Duba-Yurt in the Shali district of the Chechen Republic during the periods of time when 18 residents of Chechnya disappeared there without a trace. Budanov's testimony was confirmed by the materials of the criminal case.

On June 10, 2011, Yuri Budanov was shot dead on Komsomolsky Prospekt in Moscow.

The material was prepared on the basis of information from RIA Novosti and open sources