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Chechens Protest Searches In Soldier Disappearance Case
June 28, 2007
Eduard Ulman (right) and co-defendant Aleksandr Kalagansky (file photo) (ITAR-TASS)
A Russian military court on June 14 sentenced Eduard Ulman and three other Russian soldiers to long prison terms for killing six civilians, including a pregnant woman, in the war-ravaged Russian republic five years ago.
Three of the defendants have been missing since April and were tried in absentia.
The Prosecutor-General's Office has ordered the searches to investigate the possibility that the three men were abducted.