Russian police say a former army colonel convicted in 2003 of killing an 18-year-old Chechen woman has been killed.

Officials say Yuri Budanov was shot dead Friday in Moscow.

The Russian news agency Ria Novosti say Budanov, who received a 10-year sentence, was released early on parole in 2009.

Budanov's case came to symbolize army abuses in the war in Chechnya.