Arkady Babchenko

Person charged with orchestrating attempt against Babchenko remanded in pre-trial custody for 60 days. VIDEO&PHOTOS On May 31, the Shevchenkivskyi district court of Kyiv held bail hearing of Borys Herman suspected of masterminding assassination attempt against Russian writer and war correspondent Arkady Babchenko. 01.06.18 10:43 37 572 123 Previously in trend: Staged murder of journalist Babchenko

Babchenko's "assassin" appears to be Ukrainian Orthodox Church preacher, Right Sector activist Oleksii Tsymbaliuk. VIDEO&PHOTOS Father Aristarkh (secular name Oleksii Tsymbaliuk) - a volunteer, Right Sector activist, and a former celibate deacon of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) and subsequently Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate, - says he is the one who was hired to assassinate journalist Arkady Babchenko which he reported Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) about and eventually took part in the special operation. 01.06.18 13:13 111 939 423 Previously in trend: Staged murder of journalist Babchenko

Activists bring Babchenko’s pictures to Kyiv-based Russian embassy "for him to keep haunting them even from hereafter". VIDEO&PHOTOS Activists picketed the embassy of the Russian Federation in Kyiv in connection with the murder of Russian opposition journalist Arkady Babchenko the day before. 30.05.18 12:19 26 917 109 Previously in trend: Staged murder of journalist Babchenko

Police release sketch of journalist Babchenko’s alleged murderer. PHOTO Ukraine’s National Police published a sketch of a suspect in the murder of Russian opposition journalist Arkady Babchenko. 30.05.18 10:59 42 700 162 Previously in trend: Staged murder of journalist Babchenko