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Russian journalist reported killed in Ukraine shows up alive

Security services said his death was faked to foil a plot

30 May, 18:12

(AP-ANSA) - MOSCOW - Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko turned up at a news conference in the Ukrainian capital Wednesday less than 24 hours after police reported he had been shot and killed at his Kiev apartment building. The country's security services said Babchenko's death was faked to foil a plot to take his life. Ukrainian police said Tuesday that Babchenko, a strong critic of the Kremlin, was shot multiple times in the back Tuesday and found bleeding there by his wife.

Authorities said they suspected he was killed because of his work. Vasyl Gritsak, head of the Ukrainian Security Service, announced at a news conference Wednesday that the security agency and the police had solved Babchenko's slaying. (AP-ANSA).

 

Russian journalist shot and killed in Ukrainian capital
Babchenko had been scathingly critical of the Kremlin

(ANSA) - TRIESTE - A Russian journalist has been shot and killed at his Kiev apartment. Arkady Babchenko's wife found him bleeding at the apartment on Tuesday and called an ambulance, but Babchenko died on the way to a hospital. The 41-year-old Babchenko served in the Russian army during the first separatist war in Chechnya during the 1990s and later became a journalist. He worked as a military correspondent for several Russian media outlets. Babchenko had been scathingly critical of the Kremlin in recent years. He left Russia in February 2017, saying he was receiving threats and concerned he might be jailed. (ANSA).

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