wasn't dangerous for them if they didn't care about it they would have killed him hours before but janko was shot he shared what would become his final post on twitter four years ago general called cheat ski refused to let me on board this helicopter two hours after this picture was taken he continued the helicopter was shot down fourteen people died i was lucky i consider that day my second birthday. outside his kiev apartment police and journalists are now looking for answers ukrainian police suspect the crime was linked to his quote professional activities at the united nations ukraine's foreign minister suggested russia was to blame. of course it's a buyout finding out who was behind it. or set this church to say we see simply is the russian presence there. but moscow is pushing back foreign minister sergey lavrov has denied russian links to the death dismissing the allegations as on two russian propaganda. nick colony he is in the ukrainian capital kiev nic as he had russia has categorically denied its involved in this mudda but we also have a ukraine korean foreign minister that ca

janko fled russia fearing that he wasn't safe there he wasn't safe in ukraine either. as a list of a journalist was killed as a result of several shots to his back at least two shots his wife was at home and heard pops she went out of the bathroom and saw her husband in a pool of blood right after she called an ambulance and unfortunately he died in the ambulance but janko was an outspoken and uncompromising journalist a war correspondent who'd fought as a russian soldier in chechnya and emerged disgusted by conflict. in the empty putin protest movement of two thousand and eleven two thousand and twelve bob janko had tried to walk in eyes a much more forceful campaign of civil disobedience he fled russia early last year after an unsympathetic online post about a russian military air crash in sochi triggered an angry media campaign against him is that friends and colleagues have been speaking of their shock. carty loved freedom very much loved ukraine he planned to stay here and live here he planned to live here with his family he planned to work here it's a tragic loss

ukrainian police say that our caddie bob janko was found bleeding in his apartment by his wife he received several gunshot wounds and died on his way to the hospital ukrainian politicians says the gunman had been waiting in the stairwell of the building and shot but janko as he came back from a trip to the grocery store now this man was a journalist rights an activist he was self exiled from his home country russia he had served in the chechen wars in the ninety's and early two thousand and that experience had made him both very anti war and also anti putin in the protest movement of two thousand and eleven two thousand and twelve he had tried to organize forceful resistance against the putin government but it was an online post in two thousand and sixteen that triggered his flight from russia he had basically said the. military plane crash in syria in which a russian. military choir die and various russian journalists as well he said that left him in difference because he disagreed with the military campaign that russia was involved in in syria that was the start of a of a russian media c

russia for the murder moscow has rejected the allegations and condemned the killing occurred you bob janko was one of the best known walker respondents in russia he was also one of the kremlin's fiercest critics the forty one year old soldier turned journalist condemned russia's annexation of crimea questioned its military involvement in syria and called russia an aggressor. in an interview with g w last year he explained why he fled his home country. for months. i got word that russian authorities had decided what to do with me. because of them i knew either put me behind bars or simply give me up so to speak. i was this dumb journalist to them writing what i wanted. i decided not to wait for their decision and left to prague the opposite of. his colleagues say he was killed because of his work. he was one of the few who wrote the actual truth about what the russian federation is doing and if it wasn't dangerous for them if they did not care about it they would not have killed him. outside but jenkins kiev apartment police and journalists have been looking for answers. ukrainian police al

shot dead in the ukrainian capital kiev authorities there blamed russia because of the dead man but janko was a strong critic of the crim today he showed up alive and well at the press conference his death a fake and here's why. back from the dead journalist. enters a press conference held by the ukrainian intelligence service the alleged attack that had supposedly left him dead staged i want to apologize to my wife for the hell she's gone through over the past two days. on tuesday evening ukrainian police and. had been shot dead outside his home in kiev. and the russian born journalist has been working as a presenter in ukraine since last year. prior to that he worked out a newspaper critical of the kremlin he left russia after receiving threats the news of his apparent murder appeared plausible. intelligence agency said staging his death was necessary in order to arrest the actual people behind the assassination plot according to ukrainian intelligence that's what happened on wednesday this man is said to have received forty thousand dollars from russia to plant goes murder in ukraine.

janko was reportedly shot dead on tuesday his apartment in kiev but the next day he turned up alive ukraine's security services later said it was part of an elaborate plot to catch his would be killers there's now concern that it could harm the way journalism and journalists are perceived or a challenge reports from moscow. back from the dead russian journalist arkady bob gave his second press briefing in his many days and he dives into exactly how he and ukraine security service had faked his own murder of oil and allegedly genuine assassination plot. the idea over to the press to live in the very end i made this shit with bullet holes in it and i laid on the floor it was real pig's blood on me . all over me and i took some of it in my mouth a little doubt they talked some blood into the bullet holes and i was did. you know i was freezing i washed off as much of the blood as i could. and i read myself minutes and watched the news about what an amazing guy i was. regarding the ethics of carrying out such a deception he had this to say. i didn't have the task to make you believe me or not my t

ukrainian police say that our caddie bob janko was found bleeding in his apartment by his wife he received several gunshot wounds and died on his way to the hospital ukrainian politicians says the gunman had been waiting in the stairwell of the building and shot but janko as he came back from a trip to the grocery store now this man was a journalist rights an activist he was self exiled from his home country russia he'd served in the chechen wars in the ninety's and early two thousand and that experience had made him both very anti war and also anti putin in the protest movement of two thousand and eleven two thousand and twelve he had tried to organize forceful resistance against the putin government but it was an online post in two thousand and sixteen that triggered his flight from russia he had basically said the. military plane crash in syria in which a russian. military choir die and various russian journalists as well he said that left him in difference because he disagreed with the military campaign that russia was involved in in syria that was the start of a of a russian media cam

geographic lines traditionally russian eastern ukraine voted for young while western ukraine chose use janko by the announced result viktor yuschenko lost a victory on a covert each but thousands of people didn't agree with it and they came to the central square of kiev on the twenty second of november. the situation received wide news coverage of the country's election commission ignored reports of fraud declaring kremlin backed victory the winner international politicians such as former general secretary of nato javier solana became frequent guests in kiev initiating negotiations between parties and they called very odd with a colleague be able to get. the results of the negotiations however were often reached only on paper thus you shan't go never told the supporters to stop blocking government buildings in central kiev. therefore these nonviolent and very orange protests lasted for a month during which time the previous election results were no marred by massive corruption and new elections were announced an important nuance just three months before viktor yuschenko became a victim to a

which is ukraine's national security service said that bob janko was alive and then heads and the s.b.u. had information about a planned assassination on the journalists and acted to derail the process now they say this is now helps them catch the actual organizer of the attempted assassination but after reports of killing parties were quick to blame russia this included the ukrainian m.p. anton shankar who said that putin's regime was targeting those who were unbreakable but the russian foreign ministry sergey lavrov said that before the investigation had even started the or thirty's were quick to blame russia but let's cast our minds back now to one instances when russia house falsely been blamed in the past and as the russian foreign ministry has said they've underlined alarming number of violences against journalists in ukraine such as well as bruising that now and that was the ukrainian journalist that died in two thousand and fifteen where russia was immediately blamed for his death but he was killed in fact. by all to rights activists for his pro russian these and in two thousand

but janko was one of the best known war correspondents in russia he was also one of kremlin's fiercest critics the forty one year old soldier turned journalist condemned russia's annexation of crimea questioned its military involvement in syria and called russia an aggressor his colleagues say he was killed because of his work. he was one of the few who wrote the actual truth about what the russian federation is doing and if it wasn't dangerous for them if he didn't care about it they would have killed him. hours before bob genco was shot he shared what would become his final post on twitter four years ago general cool cheat ski refused to let me on board this helicopter two hours of to this picture was taken he continued the helicopter was shot down fourteen people died i was lucky i consider that day my second birthday. outside his kiev apartment police and journalists are now looking for answers ukrainian police suspect the crime was linked to his quote professional activities at the united nations ukraine's foreign minister suggested russia was to blame of course it's a bar about f

kiev ukraine's prime minister accused moscow of involvement in the killing in a post on facebook but janko was one of russia's best known war correspondents he had left russia fearing for his life after criticizing russian policy in ukraine and syria police saying that he was shot in his apartment in kiev he was later rushed to the hospital but died of his wounds while in the. spring indeed there was an economy who was following the story for us live from kiev this morning and as we just heard one of russia's best known war correspondents what more can you tell us about his life and his work nic. good morning sarah well a cut above chain co was someone who had seen war firsthand he had served in the russian army during the chechen was the one nine hundred ninety s. and then as you said become a very prominent war reporter someone who also had reports very extensively and critically of russia's role in the syria conflict and eastern ukraine thing that came to a head in late twenty sixteen when he used the opportunity when a russian military plane taking musicians to entertain the troops in

other ukraine lawmakers who criticize him just a few hours before for not doing enough to protect janko who it turns out was still alive. go went on to say sorries his wife who partly was not in on this set up and to explain that his he put it there was no way around this set up and that he'd been in only on the plan for the past month off to ukrainian security that was told him about the russian contract as he put it out of his life all right emily want to go to you now from the get go russia has denied any involvement in this while the kremlin must feel vindicated at this hour. well absolutely and we've seen some reactions already from officials in moscow we heard from the foreign ministry the spokesman in the foreign misspoke a person in the foreign ministry she said that ukraine has been using this story as propaganda and the head of the international affairs committee such wolf said that this was a provocation and he also compared it with the screwball case when the international community also came out to kind of accuse russia of being behind the poisoning of russian spies. russia

to join bob janko return was shared later by the ukrainian president in your i think millions of people all for celebrating business as a birthday my heart beat so hard as i watched the reaction in the newsroom i knew about the operation but no one else in the administration was aware i'm certain that it had to be that way so now we celebrate the birthday again there's been some . reports that bob had been gunned down outside his kiev apartment emerged on tuesday evening the crane security agencies said the bogus killing had been a necessary part of a sting operation they reportedly arrested this man on wednesday afternoon he said to have been paid forty thousand dollars to organize i'm killed in ukraine but fellow journalists toasted the resurrection of the slain colleague the bizarre incident has set off a war of words between kiev and moscow and why the concern among the international community over ukraine's fake news ruse if you. speak. so what exactly has happened here we have team coverage this morning let's bring in eastern europe expert christiane trip a history of us here in t

stunning twist at the end here's what happened on tuesday a prominent anti kremlin journalist arkadi bob janko was reported to have been shot dead in the ukrainian capital kiev authorities there blamed moscow but bob go turned up alive a day later a shock that provoked worldwide relief and anger now ukraine faces many questions over the elaborate setup. that from the dead. twenty four hours after he was reportedly gunned down journalist arkady enters a press conference held by the ukrainian intelligence service alive and well his apparent death and the love ruse to expose and the ledge kremlin plot to kill him even his wife was in the dark. i want to apologize to my wife for the hell she has gone through over the past two days forgive me please but there was no other option . and incredulity at the t.v. station where i had been working in kiev as the russian born journalist made his dramatic grandparents the joy of his return was shared later by the ukrainian president it was. i think millions of people off the celebrating this is your birthday my heart beat so hard as i watched the reaction i

the ukrainian authorities have claimed that they had found russian journalist at a cowardly bub janko with gunshot wounds in his flat in the capital it was claimed that he died on route to hospital however later it was revealed that the murder had been staged apparently in order to foil an actual plot to kill the journalist a lot of cowardly bob genco was a prominent kremlin critic who is condemning russian activities in ukraine and syria he's also a contributor for major news outlets like the guardian and the b.b.c. . donald quarter reports now on what really happened. when a russian journalist was pronounced murdered in the ukrainian capital it didn't take long for the ceremonial finger pointing at russia to begin he was only working on things that were critical and investigative of russia and of the russian government as well he said there was nothing that was critical of ukrainians of course that network and its boss placing the blame on the kremlin and on russia journalist known political leanings have led some to point the finger in one direction it was a calculated deliberate i

well a russian journalist was being killed in the ukrainian capital at a copy but janko was shot in the back while entering his apartment we get more details now cross live to. a new show what more can you tell us well. it was a russian journalist who died from gunshot wounds in ukraine's capital kiev now he was found in his apartment by his wife who called the emergency services but he later died from his injuries now. veteran correspondent he worked for a number of russian media outlets as well as being a contributor to the b.b.c. and the guardian he was known for being.

a russian journalist who was supposedly murdered in ukraine turns out to be alive arkady back janko says he faked his own death to school to kremlin plots to have him killed. the european budget commissioner apologizes to italians for telling them how to vote as the country's political stalemate causes financial jitters across the e.u. . and we preview our tease exclusive interview with syrian president bashar al assad's talking about the war in his country and troubled relations with the u.s. . i'm kate politician you are watching the latest headlines here at r.t. international thank you for joining us. a russian journalist whose death made global headlines has revealed his very much alive arkady about those murder in ukraine was apparently staged to catch the people trying to kill him artie's. nisha ceci joined harvey in the studio earlier with the details just this morning we saw a lot of finger pointing headlines across the media blamed russia officials are quick to say that russia was the mastermind behind this operation but today's picture is now completely different there was clea

there was then the explanation given that this was a long process two months in the making that bob janko been involved in it for the for the past month and that essentially it had all been done to ensnare a plot or to wrap up a plots that have been detected against life that someone who'd been approached as to be an assassin have actually gone to the ukrainian secret services and told them about this and that was the beginning of the plan they say that they have arrested one person but the ukrainians are pointing the finger of blame here to moscow saying that ultimately the mosque of mines behind the attempted assassination of work russian intelligence. is there some concern that an operation like this essentially plays into the hands of not only opponents but those that seek to pressure journalists. yeah i mean obviously there is palpable relief from pretty much everyone that works as an independent journalist in the russian speaking world that someone who they thought had been killed for or for the work that he was doing is actually alive and well that is undeniable air people are genu

journalist who was thought to have been murdered in kiev has turned up alive at a news conference ok but janko is a fierce critic of the kremlin and revealed his apparent death had been staged to catch his would be killer the leader of italy's populist five star movement has suggested a compromise to end of the country's months long political deadlock we tried to resurrect his coalition has now been without a working government for three months brazilian oil workers have walked off the job for seventy two hours just as a crippling nationwide truck drivers strike is coming to an end the latest action began on wednesday despite brazil's highest labor court declaring it illegal unions are demanding the president of the state oil company step down that's a look at your headlines here on al-jazeera we are back with more right after witness. getting to the heart of the matter if more stuff i can see the turkish cypriot leader calls you today and says let's have towards would you accept facing realities what do you think reunification of look like there are two people think the peace for unification

russian journalist who was told to been murdered in kiev has turned up alive at a news conference but janko is a fierce critic of the kremlin he revealed his apparent death had been staged to catch a would be killer thousands of ranger women who say they were right by soldiers and me and maher are now due to give birth in overcrowded bangladeshi camps they fled the military crackdown in rakhine state last year with seven hundred thousand range of muslims many on a hot story. fatima was just sixteen and newly married when she sees me and my soldiers killed her husband as they burned her village she fled into the forest but soldiers caught in the air and she says one of them raped her after the trauma of trying to make it to bangladesh she discovered she was pregnant but she doesn't know who the father is her late husband or the soldier who write to her one more moment he's my baby how can i throw him away i have to love him. more than seven hundred thousand muslim or henge or create a military crackdown on me and mass rakhine state late last year nine months on first that revenge of camps in

now the representative for the freedom of media haarlem desir says that he's relieved that arkady janko is alive but he says i deplore the decision to spread false information on the life of a journalist is the duty of the state to provide correct information to the public and this from the committee to protect journalists as well we are greatly relieved that is alive at the same time this extreme action by the ukrainian authorities has the potential to undermine public trust in journalists and outrage when they are killed so basically these reactions are kind of raising two links but slightly different points one is operational if the state has lied about the death of a journalist can we believe them when they talk about other things related to this case can we believe them when they say that it was russia that was responsible for this alleged plot against because life and the committee to protect journalists kind of raised the point of. if this kind of thing happens then what happens the next time. a journalist is actually properly kills that is a journalist is discovered in a pool of

people here are starting to say that look if the bab janko case has been states well that might suggest that the script while case in the united kingdom has been staged as well so a kind of narrative is being created here that you can't really believe anything anymore right thank you for that really really chalons life force in moscow well let's speak some more about this not to andrew fox so he's the director of the russia and eurasia it study center at the henry johnson society he is by skype from london thank you so much for being with us on the news great russian trolls are no doubt having a field day with this story this will no doubt make it easier for russia to deny future assassinations when it. well your correspondent rory i think was was was quite right in what he said you know this is a in some senses what is happening here was it was an extraordinarily was an extraordinary success it was it was well founded it was an operational success in the respect but there would be killer was was caught and ukraine would have gone into me a portent intelligence information about how rus