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posted by martyb on Thursday May 31 2018, @12:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the reports-of-my-death-are-greatly-exagerated dept.

'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.


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by DannyB on Thursday May 31 2018, @04:46PM (4 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Thursday May 31 2018, @04:46PM (#686813) Journal

    if they killed him now, it would be quite clear Russia was behind it.

    Now the question becomes: who would benefit from making it look like Russia killed him?

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Thursday May 31 2018, @05:26PM (3 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday May 31 2018, @05:26PM (#686833) Journal

    That's easy: America's Democrats. They've been howling "Russians Russians Russians" for almost two years now. If they can make Russia look bad, they think that will improve their own image, or some such crazy thing.

    • (Score: 1, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 31 2018, @07:16PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 31 2018, @07:16PM (#686876)

      OR they have legitimate concerns about foreign interests affecting elections, along with a having a president that is beholden more to a foreign nation than his own country.

      Nah, its just to improve their election chances! /s

      After Trumpster fire the Democrats just need to avoid shooting their foot off AGAIN, they are already primed to win most elections.

    • (Score: 2) by JNCF on Thursday May 31 2018, @08:09PM

      by JNCF (4317) on Thursday May 31 2018, @08:09PM (#686908) Journal

      You're overly specific for obviously partisan reasons, but not Redundant. The American government in general, as well as many other governments, would benefit from making Russia look bad.

    • (Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 31 2018, @08:55PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 31 2018, @08:55PM (#686926)

      That's easy: America's Democrats. They've been howling "Russians Russians Russians" for almost two years now. If they can make Russia look bad, they think that will improve their own image, or some such crazy thing.

      Thank you, Runaway! Finally, someone talking sense!

      It was obviously a false flag operation by Killary and Soros, using a Clinton death squad dispatched from 200 West Street [wikipedia.org].

      I mean, look what they've done to Roseanne Barr. She speaks the truth about the monkeys we've finally gotten rid of and she's pilloried for it. Bob Iger [wikipedia.org] knew the truth and nothing would have come from the tweets of such a wonderful patriot like Ms. Barr, except a death squad sent by Killary, Bill and George kidnapped his grandkids and threatened to traffick them to the Saudis if he didn't stomp on Roseanne hard.

      Everything bad and evil is always the work of Killary and her minions.

      I love you Runaway. We think exactly alike!