MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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KIEV, Ukraine -- Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, who was reportedly gunned down in Kiev, Ukraine, strolled into a news conference that authorities called Wednesday to discuss the investigation of his death. They revealed that the slaying had been staged to foil an alleged Kremlin hit plot.
"I'm still alive," Babchenko, 41, told startled fellow reporters at the news conference held less than a day after police reported he had been shot and killed at his Kiev apartment building.
Ukrainian police said Tuesday that Babchenko, a strong critic of the Kremlin, was shot multiple times in the back Tuesday, found bleeding there by his wife and died on the way to the hospital. Kiev's police chief said he suspected the journalist was killed because of his work.
Details of the sting operation were not clear, including why authorities decided to go to such lengths to make it look as if Babchenko was dead [....]
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by artappraiser on Thu, 05/31/2018 - 12:32am
The Bizarre Not-Murder of Arkady Babchenko
By Natasha Bertrand @ TheAtlantic.com
The story of a crusading Russian journalist who faked his death to expose his enemies will fuel Moscow’s accusations of Ukrainian deceit.
by artappraiser on Thu, 05/31/2018 - 1:25am
by artappraiser on Thu, 05/31/2018 - 7:25pm