The news on 30 May that Arkady Babchenko had not been killed was greeted with incredulous joy and then a wide range of reactions, some apparently lacking in any logic. How do you find those who commissioned a killing if you don’t give the suspected go-between a chance to lead you to them?
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Halya Coynash: If Ukraine foiled a plan to kill Russian Kremlin critic Arkady Babchenko, why the indignation?
Anti-Kremlin journalist Arkady Babchenko holds a portrait of him that his colleagues displayed in his memory in the offices of his workplace, the ATR TV channel, on May 31, 2018 in Kiev a day following his shock reappearance after Ukrainian authorities said he had been shot dead.
In an operation that blindsided the world's media, Babchenko made a shock reappearance at a press conference in Kiev on May 31, less than 24 hours after the Ukrainian authorities reported he had been shot dead at his home in a contract-style killing blamed on Russia. / AFP PHOTO / Genya SAVILOV
