text: Pardon for Russian officer would  #39;spit in the soul of Chechens #39; The most senior Russian army officer to have been convicted of war crimes in Chechnya was put forward for a presidential pardon yesterday, less than 18 months after he was found guilty of strangling an 18-year-old Chechen woman.
inputs: Pardon for Russian officer would  #39;spit in the soul of Chechens #39; The most senior Russian army officer to have been convicted of war crimes in Chechnya was put forward for a presidential pardon yesterday, less than 18 months after he was found guilty of strangling an 18-year-old Chechen woman.