MOSCOW, February 13 - RAPSI. The Moscow City Court will rehear the case of former Colonel Yury Budanov's murder after a new jury is formed, the court's spokesperson Anna Usachyova told RAPSI on Wednesday.

The previous jury was dismissed after two jurors failed to show up at the hearing.

Thus, the jury included less than 12 people, which runs counter to the law.

Budanov was convicted of war crimes in Chechnya in July 2003.

A military court found him guilty of abuse of power in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Chechen Elza Kungayeva. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and deprived of his rank, medals, and the chance to hold official positions for three years after his release.

In January 2009, he was released on parole.

In June 2011, Budanov was shot dead as he walked out of a notary office in Moscow.

Investigators believe Yusup Temerkhanov who was accused of murdering Budanov planned to commit murder after his father was killed in Chechnya in 2000. They suspect he picked Budanov as his victim, as the colonel had been tried for kidnapping and killing Kungayeva in 2000.