Budanov, murderer of Chechen girl, pardoned

[Stabby]

Is anyone surprised by this? I'm shocked he was even convicted to begin with, after the military and the media made him out to be virtually a HERO.

Anyone taking bets that it'll be approved just to send a big fuck you to the Chechens?

Why not? They already cancelled "democracy" because of those rascally Chechens. I bet Bush is drooling over it in awe.

The direction Russia is currently going is very troubling.