Anti-Kremlin scribe reported killed turns up alive at presser

May 30, 2018 22:00

Russian anti-Kremlin journalist Arkady Babchenko, who was reported killed in Kiev, appeared alive and well at a news conference in Ukraine in a stunning development today.

The head of Ukraine's security service Vasyl Grytsak told reporters that the faked death yesterday was part of a 'special operation' to pre-empt a real plot to kill him. -- Agencies

IMAGE: Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, who was reported murdered in the Ukrainian capital on May 29, attends a news briefing by the Ukrainian state security service in Kiev, on Wednesday. Photograph: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters

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