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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 429

Arkady Babchenko

Anti-Kremlin journalist Arkady Babchenko speaks as he stands in front of 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. (AFP/Genya SAVILOV)
June 1, 2018, 3:19 am
Covered in pig’s blood, Russian journalist played dead all the way to morgue
Arkady Babchenko reveals new details about faked murder plotted to thwart real assassination attempt, including very unkosher makeup
By AFP
A file picture provided on May 29, 2018, shows Russian journalist Arkadiy Babchenko on November 14, 2017 in Kiev. (AFP PHOTO / Vitaliy NOSACH)
May 31, 2018, 8:16 pm
Jewish journalist joins ranks of stranger-than-fiction faked deaths
Case of Ukraine’s Arkady Babchenko follows many bizarre stories, including former spy who left his clothes by the ocean and reinvented himself as thriller novelist
By AP and ToI Staff
Flowers are placed under a picture of 41-year-old anti-Kremlin reporter Arkady Babchenko on the memorial wall of Moscow's journalists house on May 30, 2018, until his death was revealed to have been faked. (AFP PHOTO / Vasily MAXIMOV)
May 31, 2018, 3:52 pm
Ukraine under pressure after faking journalist’s death
Stunt aimed at capturing would-be murderer angers press freedom groups, draws ire of Moscow; ‘slain’ journalist plans to ‘die at 96 after dancing on Putin’s grave’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers survey the border with Syria from a military post in the Golan Heights, following a series of aerial clashes with Syrian and Iranian forces in Syria, on February 10, 2018. (Flash90)
May 31, 2018, 1:56 pm
Israel: ‘Even if it takes time, Iranian threat from Syria will be lifted’
Moscow said to tell Jerusalem it seeks a coordinated and quick return of Assad regime forces to Syrian side of Golan Heights
By ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers guard on the border with the Gaza Strip on May 29, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 31, 2018, 12:03 pm
Until next time: 8 things to know for May 31
With the rockets silenced, attention turns to figuring out who the winner is, and it’s not necessarily Israel
By Joshua Davidovich
Arkady Babchenko at the Western Wall in June 2017. (Facebook)
May 31, 2018, 5:33 am
Journalist who faked death had come to Israel after fleeing Russia
Arkady Babchenko, whose maternal grandmother is Jewish, came to Tel Aviv after being forced to leave Prague over visa issues; praised country for its openness before moving to Kiev
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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