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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
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
Anti-Kremlin Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko speaks during a press conference at the Ukrainian Security Service in Kiev on May 30, 2018. (AFP/Sergei Supinsky)
May 30, 2018, 7:51 pm
Anti-Putin journalist alive; Ukraine faked his death to catch would-be assassin
Kiev announces arrest of man suspected of preparing to kill Arkady Babchenko; press watchdog slams 'pathetic stunt'
By Oleksandr SAVOCHENKO and Ania TSOUKANOVA
Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko on November 14, 2017 in Kiev, Ukraine. (AFP Photo/Vitaliy Nosach)
May 30, 2018, 1:12 pm
Ukraine blames Russia for murder of exiled Putin critic
Journalist Arkady Babchenko, who briefly lived in Israel after fleeing Moscow, becomes latest Russian dissident killed in unexplained circumstances
By Oleksandr SAVOCHENKO and Ania TSOUKANOVA
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, congratulates popular Russian singer Iosif Kobzon before the gala to mark Kobzon's 80th birthday at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
May 30, 2018, 8:38 am
Ukraine strips assets, medals from Jewish singer who backed Putin
Holocaust survivor Iosif Kobzon says Crimea 'primordially belongs' to Russia
By JTA
Bethlehem Endale performing on 'The Voice' Ukraine (Screenshot)
May 26, 2018, 1:20 pm
Meet the Jewish Ethiopian-Ukrainian singer staffing Birthright this summer
Former 'The Voice' contestant Bethlehem Endale is bringing her unique story and powerful pipes to Russian Taglit-Birthright groups in Israel
By Tracy Frydberg
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (AFP/Sergei Supinsky)
May 8, 2018, 5:11 am
Ukrainian president condemns intolerance and anti-Semitism
Petro Poroshenko calls recent expressions of hate 'shameful' and 'unacceptable,' vows response by law enforcement
By JTA
Far-right activists march in Lviv, Ukraine, wearing the uniform of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, an elite Nazi unite with many ethnic Ukrainians also known as the 1st Galician. April 28, 2018. (Screen capture; YouTube)
April 30, 2018, 3:06 am
Nazi symbols, salutes on display at Ukrainian nationalist march
Jewish community slams 'scandalous event' honoring the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS
By JTA
Yevhen Kutsik, 86, former soldier of SS Galician Division, right, and a young Ukrainian nationalist lay a wreath on a monument to SS Galician Division, Sunday, July 21, 2013. (photo credit:AP/Efrem Lukatsky)
April 26, 2018, 5:03 am
Congress members call out Ukraine government for glorifying Nazis
In bipartisan letter, 50 US lawmakers condemn new legislation, slam government-backed events hailing Nazi-allied militias
By JTA
Warsaw residents with anti-racism banners protests the rise of hostility and anti-Semitism in Poland, Saturday, March 17, 2018. Similar protests were held in some other cities across Poland. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
April 25, 2018, 11:45 pm
Congress members urge US stand against Holocaust denial in Ukraine, Poland
Over 50 lawmakers sign bipartisan letter calling on State Department to take stand against state-sponsored xenophobia
By JTA
Far-right activists march in Lviv, Ukraine, wearing the uniform of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, an elite Nazi unite with many ethnic Ukrainians also known as the 1st Galician. in 2012. (Screen capture; YouTube)
April 24, 2018, 3:54 am
Ukrainian teacher allegedly praises Hitler, performs Nazi salute with students
Jewish community leader says 'government inaction' leading to increase in anti-Semitic incidents
By JTA
Aftermath of the Babi Yar ravine massacre in Kiev, Ukraine, during which 33,000 Jews were murdered between Sept. 29-30, 1941. (public domain)
April 11, 2018, 3:40 am
In eastern Europe, when Nazis killed Jews, a ‘carnival atmosphere’ prevailed
In a new, second book about ‘Holocaust by bullets,’ Father Patrick Desbois depicts in grim detail local bystanders' culpability while Nazis implemented the Final Solution
By Matt Lebovic
One of numerous photographs taken following the Kishinev pogrom of 1903. Here, a Jewish family stands outside of their ransacked home (public domain)
April 9, 2018, 5:05 am
How a small pogrom in Russia changed the course of history
Until the Holocaust, the Kishinev pogrom of 1903 was the archetype for anti-Jewish persecution, according to a new book about the massacre's long afterlife
By Matt Lebovic
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