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Russian Journalist, Kremlin Critic Who Fled To Ukraine Shot Dead In KyivRFE/RL's Ukrainian ServiceKYIV -- Police in Kyiv say Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, who fled his country to escape what he called "political harassment," has been shot dead in a killing Ukraine's prime minister blamed on Moscow.Babchenko was apparently shot in the back on the doorstep of his Kyiv apartment on May 29 after shopping for food, Ukrainian authorities said.The 41-year-old's death stunned colleagues and added to tension between Moscow and Kyiv, whose ties have been badly damaged by Russia's seizure of Crimea and backing for separatist militants in a devastating war in eastern Ukraine.Read more at: https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-journalist-babchenko-shot-dead-in-kyiv/29257834.html
What will ultimately bring Putin down, according to exiled critic Arkady BabchenkoBy Liza Rozovsky Aug 03, 2017UPDATE: Putin critic Arkady Babchenko shot dead in KievHe calls Russian President Vladimir Putin a usurper, says that Russia is occupying an entire people in Ukraine, and wonders what mistake led him “to go from one hellhole to another†instead of leading a normal life – together with his family, without war, not as a refugee.In recent years, the Russian blogger, journalist and writer Arkady Babchenko has become well known as one of the fiercest online critics of the Putin government and of Russia in general. During the wave of demonstrations that swept Russia at the end of 2011, following parliamentary elections, and which continued the following spring, after Putin’s election as president, Babchenko called on members of the opposition to hold demonstrations without authorization and to launch a civil revolt. Something, as he put it, along the lines of Taksim Square in Istanbul, or Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in Kiev. That call drew no response.Continued at: https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium.MAGAZINE-what-could-ultimately-bring-putin-down-1.5439648
