Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko shot dead in Kiev
Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, 41, has been shot and killed in Kiev today (May 29).
Source: EFJ
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Arkady Babchenko (Tanjug/AP, file)
Babchenko’s killer was waiting for him in the stairwell of his building. He shot him in the back.
Babchenko was a prominent war correspondent. Last year, he moved to Kiev, where he worked for Crimean Tatar TV station ATR. He left Russia in February 2017, saying he was receiving death threats.
“We call on Ukrainian authorities to identify and prosecute the killer and the masterminds,” said EFJ General Secretary Ricardo Gutierrez, reminding impunity still persists in Ukraine for the murder of another prominent journalist, Pavel Sheremet, who was killed by a car bomb in Kiev in 2016.
Four other journalists have been killed in Europe over the past year: Dmitri Popkov (Russia, 24 May 2017), Kim Wall (Denmark, 10 August 2017), Daphne Caruana Galizia (Malta, 16 October 2017), Jan Kuciak (Slovakia, 22 February 2018).
Bizarre that people assume Russia was behind the murder even though he was murdered in Kiev, Ukraine. It is extremely hard for Russians to even get into Kiev these days.
(Albert, 30 May 2018 13:49)
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It's even more bizarre to think that Russia is that bad at it.
First they fail to kill Skripals and now their agents are getting flushed out.
Anyone buying this rubbish?
(Peggy, 1 June 2018 04:27)
the latest news BBC website today, he's appeared on ucrainian tv
live and well. because ASA relied on Jehovah, Jehovah made him to prosper. 2 Chronicles 14.
(Joseph, 30 May 2018 17:06)
Why no mention of Oles Buzina, murdered 16 april 2015 in Kiev? Is it because he was pro-Russian so his murder doesn't count and certainly not to western journalists? What is good for the goose is apparently not for the gander. Hypocrites.
(EU Dude, 30 May 2018 14:45)
Bizarre that people assume Russia was behind the murder even though he was murdered in Kiev, Ukraine. It is extremely hard for Russians to even get into Kiev these days.
(Albert, 30 May 2018 13:49)
Bizarre that people assume Russia was behind the murder even though he was murdered in Kiev, Ukraine. It is extremely hard for Russians to even get into Kiev these days.
(Albert, 30 May 2018 13:49)
Why no mention of Oles Buzina, murdered 16 april 2015 in Kiev? Is it because he was pro-Russian so his murder doesn't count and certainly not to western journalists? What is good for the goose is apparently not for the gander. Hypocrites.
(EU Dude, 30 May 2018 14:45)
the latest news BBC website today, he's appeared on ucrainian tv
live and well. because ASA relied on Jehovah, Jehovah made him to prosper. 2 Chronicles 14.
(Joseph, 30 May 2018 17:06)
Bizarre that people assume Russia was behind the murder even though he was murdered in Kiev, Ukraine. It is extremely hard for Russians to even get into Kiev these days.
(Albert, 30 May 2018 13:49)
===…==
It's even more bizarre to think that Russia is that bad at it.
First they fail to kill Skripals and now their agents are getting flushed out.
Anyone buying this rubbish?
(Peggy, 1 June 2018 04:27)
Why no mention of Oles Buzina, murdered 16 april 2015 in Kiev? Is it because he was pro-Russian so his murder doesn't count and certainly not to western journalists? What is good for the goose is apparently not for the gander. Hypocrites.
(EU Dude, 30 May 2018 14:45)
Bizarre that people assume Russia was behind the murder even though he was murdered in Kiev, Ukraine. It is extremely hard for Russians to even get into Kiev these days.
(Albert, 30 May 2018 13:49)
Bizarre that people assume Russia was behind the murder even though he was murdered in Kiev, Ukraine. It is extremely hard for Russians to even get into Kiev these days.
(Albert, 30 May 2018 13:49)
===…==
It's even more bizarre to think that Russia is that bad at it.
First they fail to kill Skripals and now their agents are getting flushed out.
Anyone buying this rubbish?
(Peggy, 1 June 2018 04:27)
the latest news BBC website today, he's appeared on ucrainian tv
live and well. because ASA relied on Jehovah, Jehovah made him to prosper. 2 Chronicles 14.
(Joseph, 30 May 2018 17:06)