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'Murdered' Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko turns up alive
A Russian journalist and critic of the Kremlin, reported to have been shot dead in Ukraine, showed up alive at a press conference on Wednesday to declare that his murder was faked by Ukrainian security services in an effort to foil an assassination plot against him.
In a stunning development, Arkady Babchenko, 41, walked into a room of journalists in Kiev who had been expecting to get an update on his murder.
He apologized to his wife Olechka -- who on Tuesday was reported to have found him bleeding to death at his apartment -- for the "hell" she had gone through. Ukrainian officials offered a jaw-dropping explanation for his so-called death -- to expose a Russian plot against him.
Script flipped.
Also at BBC.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by PinkyGigglebrain on Thursday May 31 2018, @01:34PM
In order to deceive your enemies you must first deceive your allies.
Article is weak on details as to actually how faking his death saved him and helped expose the people who were really planing to kill him but I'm sure more information will come out later.
I would expect they had the suspected real assassins under surveillance and when news of the journalist's "death" hit the news they monitored who they contacted, what they said, and what happened with their bank accounts. Or something like that, we will probably never know all the details. Or the real truth.
"Beware those who would deny you Knowledge, For in their hearts they dream themselves your Master."