Elza Kungayeva (also known as Kheda Kungayeva, alternativelly spelled Kungaeva) (1982 - 27 March 2000) was a Chechen woman abducted, beaten, and murdered by a Russian Army Colonel during the Second Chechen War.
On March 27, 2000, Elza Kungaeva was forcibly taken from her home in Chechnya, beaten and murdered. On February 28, 2001, the Rostov District Military Court begun the trial of Col. Yuri Budanov for Kungaeva's murder. It was one of the first cases in which Russian authorities promptly and publicly acknowledged a war crime perpetrated by Russian federal forces against civilians in Chechnya.
Read more about Elza Kungayeva: Overview, The Events of March 27, The Aftermath, Murder of Kungayeva Family's Attorney, Murder of Yuri Budanov