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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: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Thursday May 31 2018, @05:15PM (4 children)
Yes, exactly that sort of thing. Sometimes, that suspension can work, sometimes, it can't. For me, it fails more often than not. I suppose that's why I always preferred to read the book - my own imagination can fill in the details that Hollywood can't even understand.
It's also why I like the 'Expanse' series so much. They really worked hard for realism, and believability. The books are still better, though!
(Score: 3, Informative) by DannyB on Thursday May 31 2018, @06:34PM (3 children)
Yep. The Expanse is the best thing I think since Babylon 5.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 31 2018, @07:18PM
Simpsons did it!
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Thursday May 31 2018, @09:10PM (1 child)
If you haven't seen S03E08 "It Reaches Out," don't click here.
I'm going to wait to read the series until after the show's run, as novels are always better than any TV/film adaptation. But it certainly is better than most of the crap on TV (Sci-Fi or otherwise).
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 3, Interesting) by DannyB on Thursday May 31 2018, @09:25PM
Thanks.
Just finished Season 2. I'll look forward to episode S03E08.
I noticed there are, I think, Eight books? And the synopsis of the first two books sounded remarkably like the two seasons I just watched.
Now, I just hope it actually goes somewhere and has an actual ending, like B5.
I hope they avoid the problems with having to change actors and alter the story due to actor changes.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.