Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko turned up at a news conference in the Ukrainian capital May 30 less than 24 hours after police reported he had been shot and killed at his Kyiv apartment building. The country’s security services said Babchenko’s death was faked to foil a plot to take his life.
Ukrainian police said May 29 that Babchenko, a strong critic of the Kremlin, was shot multiple times in the back May 29 and found bleeding there by his wife. Authorities said they suspected he was killed because of his work.
