Russian journalist and Kremlin critic Arkady Babchenko shot dead in Kiev | The Guardian

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Harlem Désir, the media freedom representative at the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, said he was “horrified” by Babchenko’s death.

“I call on Ukraine authorities to conduct immediate & full investigation,” he tweeted.

Babchenko, 41, was one of Russia’s best-known war correspondents but had left Russia fearing for his life.

He had served in the Russian army during the first separatist war in Chechnya during the 1990s and later became a journalist, working as a military correspondent for several Russian media outlets. He also published several books based on his wartime experiences.

Babchenko had been critical of the Kremlin’s policies in recent years, attacking Moscow’s annexation of Crimea, its support for separatist insurgents in eastern Ukraine and the Russian campaign in Syria.

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Russian journalist and Kremlin critic Arkady Babchenko shot dead in Kiev | The Guardian

Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko has been shot and killed in Kiev, and police said he apparently was targeted because of his work.

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