<p content="In a stunning twist, a well-known Russian journalist who Ukrainian authorities said was shot and killed in the capital of Kiev on Tuesday, showed up alive Wednesday, with Ukrainian security services saying they faked his death as part of an operation to thwart a real plot by Russian intelligence to murder him.” data-reactid=”45″ type=”text”>A well-known Russian journalist who Ukrainian authorities said was shot and killed in the capital of Kiev on Tuesday, showed up alive Wednesday, with Ukrainian security services saying they faked his death as part of an operation to thwart a real plot by Russian intelligence to murder him. Arkady Babchenko, a celebrated war reporter who fled his home country last year, was said to have been killed at his apartment building in Kiev on Tuesday night. But on Wednesday Babchenko appeared alive and well at a press conference where it was announced it had all been a ruse. Vasyl Hrytsak, the head of Ukraine’s domestic SBU intelligence service, said authorities had pretended Babchenko was dead in order to stop a Russian plot to kill him.
