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'Murdered' Russian journalist turns up alive at televised briefing

Less than 24 hours before, Ukraine said anti-Kremlin journalist Arkady Babchenko had been killed in a contract-style killing in his apartment building.

Russian opposition journalist Arkady Babchenko

Russian opposition journalist Arkady Babchenko Source: EPA/SERGEY NUZHNENKO

"Murdered" anti-Kremlin journalist Arkady Babchenko appeared alive and well at a press conference in Kiev on Wednesday as Ukraine admitted it had faked his death to expose an alleged Russian plot to kill him.

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