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'Murdered' Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko appears on Ukrainian TV

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A Russian journalist and Kremlin critic, reported to have been shot dead in Ukraine, has appeared alive at a news conference.

Arkady Babchenko was earlier reported to have been killed in his apartment building in the Ukrainian capital Kiev,.

Ukrainian state news agency Ukrinform had said that Babchenko, 41, was shot in the back and died in an ambulance, citing his friend and supervisor, Ayder Muzhdabaev, deputy general manager of Ukrainian TV channel ATR.

Police in Kiev said Babchenko's wife found him outside their apartment.

But Ukrinform later reported that Babchenko was alive.

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