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The burial of Yuri Budanov, the ex-colonel who served a prison sentence for murdering a Chechen girl in 2000, has taken place in Khimki, attended by hundreds of Russian nationalists.  Budanov was apparently interred with military honors, a fact that, Aleksandr Golts believes, contradicts Russian law.  The Moscow Times suggests that investigators will not be wanting for suspects for the murder of the ex-tank commander.  Budanov’s crime was deplorable, ‘But if vigilante justice is swept under the carpet for a man like Budanov, what’s to stop other killers from taking the law into their own hands with the rest of us?’ argues this op-ed.  If it is proved that Budanov’s murder was planned by Chechens, it is more than possible that further revenge attacks will ensure, says the Independent.