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Another Putin Critic Murdered in Ukraine? Nope. His ‘Death’ Was a Sting That Caught Alleged Assassin

THE STING

The famous war reporter received many death threats from Russian officials and Russian-backed rebels. Finally he and police acted to catch a killer—but first fooled the world.

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Editor’s Note: Arkady Babchenko, one of the bravest and most famous of Russia’s war reporters, is not dead, although Tuesday night the world, including his family and friends, believed that he was.

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