Russian journalist and Kremlin critic Arkady Babchenko shot dead in Kiev Murder thought related to prominent journalist’s work, following threats that caused him to leave Russia in 2017 One day after this article was published, it was revealed that Arkady Babchenko staged his own death, allegedly in order to thwart a plot by Moscow to kill him. Read the updated news here. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/29/russian-journalist-arkady-babchenko-shot-dead-in-kiev