Updated : Russian journalist who was sharply critical of the Kremlin shot dead in Kiev apartment.

[sunonmars]

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BREAKING: Police in the capital of Ukraine say a Russian journalist has been shot and killed at his Kiev apartment.


https://apnews.com/0066e7ab2ead4b509993a776954eb726

MOSCOW (AP) — Police in the capital of Ukraine say a Russian journalist has been shot and killed at his Kiev apartment.

Ukrainian police said Arkady Babchenko’s wife found him bleeding at the apartment on Tuesday and called an ambulance, but Babchenko died on the way to a hospital.

The 41-year-old Babchenko served in the Russian army during the first separatist war in Chechnya during the 1990s and later became a journalist. He worked as a military correspondent for several Russian media outlets.

Babchenko had been scathingly critical of the Kremlin in recent years. He left Russia in February 2017, saying he was receiving threats and concerned he might be jailed.

In the fall, Babchenko moved to Kiev, where he worked as a host for the Crimean Tatar TV station, ATR.
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More as it develops.

Yup, Putin had him whacked......

[Fullduplexxx]

1. Vlad cleaning up loose ends?

[Blue_true]

10. The dead guy sounded like a Putin adversary, nota no longer needed flunky.

More of Putin having anyone who criticize him killed.

[louis-t]

2. Jeez, must be the worst job in the world.

Journalist in Russia. I'm sure Herr Donald approves.

[Xolodno]

3. I would have thought...

...there wouldn't be anymore anti Putin Russian Journalists anymore...

[lapfog_1]

4. almost true.

pretty sure that is why he moved to the Ukraine.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

5. I wonder if there are any Anti-Putin journalists living in the US.......

Most of those who call themselves liberal are. Makes me wonder if Putin has his eyes on them.

[Iliyah]

6. t-rump does.

[liberaltrucker]

7. Shot?

C'mon Vlad, that's old school.

[Volaris]

9. Not when the Kremlin will claim this dude shot himself.

Twice.
In the back of the head.

Hell of a constitution score, those Russian journalists have...

[Scurrilous]

8. K&R

[oberliner]

11. 'Murdered' Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko appears on Ukrainian TV

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/30/europe/russian-arkady-babchenko-ukraine-television-intl/index.html

[oasis]

12. Sting operation.

[oberliner]

13. Pretty wild

Very strange story.

[Tipperary]

14. Except he is not dead.

[flibbitygiblets]

15. Yeah, this gets weirder and weirder

He faked his death? As part of a sting operation to catch those who threatened to kill him?