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The Briefing … Russian journalist fakes own murder
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A Russian journalist has admitted he faked his death to foil a Russian government plot to assassinate him.
Arkady Babchenko, 41, was widely reported as having been shot dead in his Kiev home earlier week, only to appear at a press conference held by the Security Service of Ukraine on Wednesday. Responding to gasps from media colleagues who believed he had been killed, Babchenko said “I’d like to apologise for everything you’ve had to go through”, including to his wife and family, but said “there was no other way” …
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