MOSCOW, August 26 - RAPSI. A Moscow district court has issued an arrest warrant for Muhammed Suleimanov, the suspected murderer of Colonel Yuri Budanov, court spokesperson Olga Sutyapova told the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI).

The court ordered Suleimanov to be detained until October 26, 2011.

According to investigators, Chechen Muhammad Suleimanov, 41, conspired with unidentified individuals on April 2 to kill Colonel Budanov.

Budanov was convicted in one of the most high-profile Chechen war crime trials.