Why did this Russian journalist fake his own murder in Ukraine?
A year ago the world was shocked by the apparent death and resurrection of Arkady Babchenko. A transparent investigation is yet to materialise – instead, it’s the murky world of Russian-Ukrainian counterintelligence that has emerged from the shadows.
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