Russian Journalist Babchenko Turns Up Alive after Reported Murder

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31 May 2018 11:33 WIB

Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko (C), who was reported murdered in the Ukrainian capital on May 29, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko (R) and head of the state security service (SBU) Vasily Gritsak attend a news briefing in Kiev, Ukraine May 30, 2018. A dissident Russian journalist who was reported murdered in Kiev dramatically reappeared alive on Wednesday in the middle of a briefing about his own killing by the Ukrainian state security service. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

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Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko (R), who was reported murdered in the Ukrainian capital on May 29, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko (C) and head of the state security service (SBU) Vasily Gritsak attend a news briefing in Kiev, Ukraine May 30, 2018. Ukrainian authorities had said on Tuesday that Babchenko, a 41-year-old critic of President Vladimir Putin and of Russian policy in Ukraine and Syria, had been shot dead at his flat and that his wife had found him in a pool of blood. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

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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, Ukraine May 30, 2018. His reported murder had triggered a war of words between Ukraine and Russia and sent shivers through the journalistic communities in both countries. But on Wednesday, an emotional Babchenko appeared before reporters saying he had been part of a special Ukrainian operation to thwart a Russian attempt on his life and said he was fine. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

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Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko (R), who was reported murdered in the Ukrainian capital on May 29, and head of Ukrainian State Security Service (SBU) Vasily Gritsak attend a news briefing in Kiev, Ukraine May 30, 2018. "I would like to apologise for what you have all had to go through," Babchenko, who looked on the verge of tears at times, told reporters. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

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Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko (C), who was reported murdered in the Ukrainian capital on May 29, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko (L) and head of the National Police Serhii Kniaziev attend a news briefing in Kiev, Ukraine May 30, 2018. He went on to thank the Ukrainian Security Service, the SBU, for saving his life and said the most important thing was that what he called other big acts of terror had been thwarted. He did not specify what those planned acts were. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

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ATR journalists react on Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko's appearance during a news conference, in the ATR newsroom in Kiev, Ukraine May 30, 2018, in this still image obtained from a video by social media. Babchenko, a Putin critic, lived in the Ukrainian capital after receiving threats at home for saying he did not mourn the victims of a Russian military plane crash. Kateryna Lisunova/via REUTERS

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