kiev yesterday showed up alive and well at a press conference in the ukrainian capital kiev ok but checcoappeared with the head of ukraine's security services who said the death had been. faked as part of a special operation to preempt a real plot to murder the journalist. all right want to bring in correspondent emily sure when in the russian capital moscow and nick conley in kiev who are both covering this story for us and if want to start off with you i mean i'm still getting over the extraordinary turn of events here at tell us more about what happened at the a press conference held by the ukrainian security forces. good evening lou well it definitely has been a roller coaster here in kiev today so we heard from and the ukraine tiramisu both saying that this was necessary the stunt was necessary to be able to then. expose the whole mechanism the workings of this they say a russian but lots to have him killed but also talk to other individuals in ukraine they say this is necessary to have those recordings and to have the organizers of these killing compromised themselves on the basis o

a prominent russian journalist has been shot and killed at his apartment and ukraine ok but checco was a well known critic of president vladimir putin police and here said the forty one year old could have been targeted because of his job it's been reported that left russia because he feared for his life or earlier on tuesday a reaction was swift from ukraine and russia and the united nations. who is you wouldn't have today in russian national the reporter arkadi was killed this happened literally a couple of hours ago we can suppose now that the ukrainians will accuse russia of it this is already happened on many occasions of course most gore always conceded here is an enemy our police already started to investigate earlier to see who is behind it. but i understand in. similar cases we have strong reasons just say that pressure this june ploy also also as a tactics for this to be allies in ukraine is still conduct of acts of terrorism subversion. in political or assisting nations roy chalons has more from moscow. ukrainian police say that arkady bob janko was found bleeding in his apa

and the finishes in those i'm cough checco mountain hot just below the up a tree line at a height of one thousand four hundred and seventy five meters here to final preparations are taking place the first spectators have already arrived there's still time for a bite to eat before things get exciting. first though let's take a look at what normal everyday routine is like for europe's last sherpas the day before the race we accompanied rushed or got a check on a trip to take supplies up to a mountain huts the thirty six year old does this job in his spare time out of a love of nature and to earn a bit of extra cash. in the alps and other mountain regions of europe strong lads have long since been replaced by helicopters and cable ways these days porters are only found in the high touches europe smallest mountain range. which i have to wrap some things in plastic foil to protect them from rain and in winter from snow and ice. the sun still shining but the weather can quickly change before i've reached the heart and opening of the masses or being as i'm a little. most of the mountain hut