MOSCOW, December 17 - RAPSI. The Moscow City Court has refused to allow Yusup Temerkhanov to undergo a lie detector test in the case of former Colonel Yury Budanov's murder, his attorney Murad Musayev told the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI/rapsinews.com) on Monday.

Temerkhanov, who was previously known as Magomed Suleimanov, has been charged with aggravated murder and weapons possession in connection with Budanov's death.

"I filed a motion so that my defendant could undergo a lie detector's test, but the court dismissed the request, which is absolutely illegal in my point of view," he said.

The lawyer added that he requested to have Temerkhanov pass a lie detector test while in his pretrial detention center. He noted that the court will soon issue a ruling on the request, and added that his client will most likely testify in the case toward the end of the investigation.

Investigators believe that Temerkhanov decided to commit murder after his father was killed in Chechnya in 2000. He allegedly decided on Budanov as his future victim, as he was widely known for kidnapping and murdering Chechen Elza Kungayeva in 2000.

In July 2003, Budanov was convicted of war crimes in Chechnya. A military court found him guilty of abuse of power in connection with Kungayeva's kidnapping and murder. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and deprived of his rank, state awards and the opportunity to hold official positions for three years after his release. In January 2009, he was released on parole.

Budanov was shot dead in June 2011 as he walked out of a notary office on Komsomolsky Prospekt in Moscow. Investigators reported that he was shot by Temerkhanov eight times.