Russian journalist who was reported killed is still alive

Arkady Babchenko, the Russian journalist who was reported to have been shot dead in Kiev, has turned up alive at a news conference in Ukraine.

Babchenko, a Kremlin critic, emerged at a police press conference on Wednesday afternoon in front of journalists who had been expecting updates on the investigation into his murder.

Babchenko staged his death in coordination with Ukrainian police as part of an investigation into threats made against his life, officials explained. The plan had been in place for more than a month.

Babchenko, a veteran war correspondent, fled Russia in 2017 after receiving threats over a post he made on social media. A number of journalists and other dissidents have been killed in recent years in Kiev in murders that remain unsolved.

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