BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:25 P.M.) - Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko admitted on Wednesday that he faked his own death after reports surfaced on Tuesday that he was killed.
Full transcript:
SOT, Arkady Babchenko, Journalist (Russian): "Firstly, I probably would like to apologise for what you had to go through because I have buried friends and colleagues many times, and I know this terrible feeling when you have to bury your colleagues. We are sorry for making you go through this, there was no other way.”
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SOT, Arkady Babchenko, Journalist (Russian): "Separately, I would like to apologise to my wife for the hell she went through in those two days. Olechka, I'm sorry, please. There were no options. I would very much like to thank the Security Service of Ukraine for saving my life. I do not know what I can talk about right now and what I can’t. But, as far as I know, this operation had been in preparation for two months. I was initiated into the course a month ago. During this month, I saw how the guys worked, how they dug their noses in. Throughout the month, we were in touch, we thought, we worked through and acted. The result was the special operation, according to which the person was taken today. He is already in custody.”
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SOT, Arkady Babchenko, Journalist (Russian): “The crime is committed and proven, the evidence is available, and most importantly, it means that my life has been saved, I thank you again. But most importantly, other larger, more important, more serious acts of terrorism were prevented, because people had prepared seriously. The fact that a week ago or two weeks ago in Russia, they said that in Kiev ISIS had been preparing terrorist acts before the Champions League, apparently, it should have been, most likely me, as far as I understand.”
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SOT, Arkady Babchenko, Journalist (Russian): “The case has been underway for two months, they came to me a month ago. People said that there was an order on you, money has already been transferred. As far as I know, US $40,000. I guess not bad. They showed my documents, my passport details, my photo, which is only in my passport. I did it [the photo] when I got the passport, when I was 25 years old? And this photo is only in my passport and only in the passport office. It became clear that the information comes from Russia, that the information comes from, apparently, special services, as far as I understand, because this information could be obtained only by special services."
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SOT, Arkady Babchenko, Journalist (Russian): "Everything is okay. I'll be quiet. In short, yesterday it all ended. Half of the case is done. I did my job. I'm still alive. They will not [get me]. Thank you."
Video and translation credit: Ruptly
Posted from my blog with SteemPress : https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/ukraine-slain-babchenko-stuns-world-and-reveals-murder-was-staged-video/
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