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Arkady Babchenko: pig's blood and makeup artist helped fake death

3,208 views · Published 1 June 2018 · 1:22 · Indexed 21 September 2026

Channel: Guardian News · 2018 · News & Politics

Arkady Babchenko, the Russian journalist who faked his own death in order to evade an alleged plot to assassinate him, said pig's blood and a makeup artist were used to help stage the ruse. In an interview in Kiev, Babchenko said he was taken in an ambulance from the scene of his fake killing to a morgue, where he changed clothes and began watching the news of his 'murder' on television
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Arkady Babchenko: pig's blood and makeup artist helped fake death

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