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Ukrainian author on Babchenko case: ‘There is a feeling that finally the Ukrainian secret services is Ukrainian – not Russian’
As we heard earlier, much of the world is still trying to work out exactly what happened yesterday with the death and resurrection of Arkady Babchenko. Meanwhile Moscow says the whole escapade is proof of fake news against them. It’s John Le Carre meets Carry ON. Who better to decipher fiction from fact than Andrei…
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‘Dead’ journalist describes how Ukraine helped to stage his murder
When someone comes to you and says here’s an order for your killing, do you say: “I’m thinking about the media’s reputation! Let me be killed”? That was the question posed by unrepentant Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, who has faced widespread criticism for working with the Ukrainian authorities to fake his own death. The plan…
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‘Murdered’ Russian journalist turns up alive after staged death
The Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko – reportedly murdered in Kiev – turned up alive and well at a news conference in Ukraine. The Ukranian security services said the murder had been staged to expose Russian agents in their country. Mr Babchenko’s wife was not ‘in’ on the subterfuge – she’d said her husband was shot in…
