15 Facts About Arkady Babchenko

Arkady Arkadyevich Babchenko is a Russian print and television journalist, From 1995, Babchenko served in the communication corps in the North Caucasus while participating in the First Chechen War.

Arkady Babchenko later volunteered for six months during the Second Chechen War.

In 1995, while studying law in Moscow aged 18, Arkady Babchenko was conscripted into the Russian army and served until 2000 in the North Caucasus.

Arkady Babchenko served in the communication corps in the First Chechen War and later volunteered for six months during the Second Chechen War.

In March 2012, in an act of political persecution, a criminal case was initiated in Russia against Arkady Babchenko for "making public calls for mass riots" because of the publication of a post about the possible tactics of For Fair Elections movement protesters.

In December 2016 Arkady Babchenko wrote on Facebook that he had "no sympathy, no pity" for members of the Alexandrov Ensemble choir and pro-government journalists who died in the 2016 Tu-154 plane crash near Sochi en route to Syria.

Arkady Babchenko subsequently moved to Kyiv with his family and started working as a presenter for the Kyiv-based Crimean TV channel ATR.

International media reported on 29 May 2018 that Arkady Babchenko was assassinated as he returned to his apartment in Kyiv.

The next day, Arkady Babchenko appeared alive and well on live Ukrainian television at a press conference held by the Security Service of Ukraine.

Arkady Babchenko had collaborated with the SBU for a month, conducting a secret operation.

Arkady Babchenko's wife said she knew her husband's death would be staged.

The SBU claimed to have discovered this plot when one of the men approached to kill Arkady Babchenko revealed the plot to the security services.

The trial in the case of the attempt on Arkady Babchenko was held behind closed doors.

In November 2019, Arkady Babchenko relocated to Israel as a response to the election of Volodymyr Zelenskyy as President of Ukraine in April 2019.

Arkady Babchenko has six adopted children and a biological daughter.