Kremlin critic Arkady Babchenko is the man who returned from the other side. At least, that was how it seemed for startled journalists who had gathered to hear about a “murder” probe. DW’s Nicholas Connolly was in Kyiv.
And there he was again — The man for whom dozens of obituaries had just been written and whose name had been added to a journalists’ memorial in Moscow only hours before.
Arkady Babchenkoreturned to the land of the living in the company of Ukraine’s secret service chief and prosecutor general.
The journalist was found by his wife outside the couple’s apartment, bleeding and apparently having been shot multiple times. Reporters had gathered on Wednesday to find out more about the “murder” investigation, with the official line being that he had died.
It was then that Vasyl Gritsak, head of the Ukrainian Security Service, announced that the press would have the opportunity to speak to Babchenko themselves.
The 41-year-old entered the room, clad in a black sweater, to applause and gasps.
“I’m still alive,” he said.
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