network works about by the ukrainian security service and now earlier in the as we you refused and three to three journalists from russia it's silly and the czech republic who are going to cover the anniversary of the twenty fourteen tragedy in odessa and now just a week ago there was another well we can call it a scandal that broke in the country and that scandal involves ukrainian channel t.v. channel and it revolved around a scheduled concert program dedicated to the victory day now the channel offices in kiev for a block in order to prevent this concert from being broadcast and the ukrainian radicals even issued threats against this channel so these are just some latest examples that i can give you a disturbing trend because of a thank you very much for the op to. your international i'll see you in thirty more great programs running. this is boom bust broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. i'm part shelton and today coming up as the lamb both descend on manhattan for a krypto event we go to a big name in the space our friend jeffrey tucker to discuss the latest in cryptoc

the ukrainian security service claiming this was part of an operation to catch russian assassins whoere allegedly plotting to kill mr babchenko. translation: as far as i know, this operation was prepared over two months. i was made aware one month ago. over this month, months. i was made aware one month ago. overthis month, i months. i was made aware one month ago. over this month, i saw how the guys worked, how they dug things up like buffaloes. over this month, we we re like buffaloes. over this month, we were in constant contact. we thought things through and worked out the details. the result of that became the special operation, as a result of which one person has been detained. mr babchenko claimed that the operation had led to other big a cts the operation had led to other big acts of terror which had been thwarted. he also apologised to his wife are putting her through hell. at this mysterious turn of events, moscow has said it is happy that mr babchenko is now still alive. but he is now reportedly being closely guarded. several kremlin critics who have sought century in ukra

the ukrainian security services said they'd staged the apparent assassination of arkady babchenko tossian attack. jonah fisher reports from kiev. there is flash photography in his report. applause. is this the greatest comeback since lazarus? 19 hours previously, arkady babchenko was announced dead, most likely assassinated by russians. now, to gasps of disbelief, he was back, with a lot of explaining to do. mr babchenko of course had not been assassinated, but had in fact been a willing participant in a security service operation. translation: i would like to express big thanks to the security service of ukraine for saving my life. as far as i know, preparations for this operation had been carried out for two months. i was informed a month ago. outspoken and a fierce critic of vladimir putin, it seems yet another example of the long arm of the kremlin taking out its opponents wherever they live. this was the scene outside mr babchenko's home in kiev last night as the police announced that the famous russian journalist had been shot in the back and killed. friends queued up to pay th

ukrainian security service as we fast forward again to two thousand and seventeen and then this phone call of the former russian deputy was killed what we know for sure is that he was killed by his wife's ex-boyfriend who ordered the killing but ukraine also says that russian security services were somehow involved but they didn't explain how but with this latest bizarre twist that we've just seen we're left questioning just how much credibility we can put into words you know there's no doubt the relations with russia and ukraine are terrible have been for a while but there's definitely as you said the most bizarre story to come out but involving the two countries many things an issue certainly with the outside political commentator and journalist john white believes that this whole incident leaves ukraine with a trust issue. it sounds preposterous the story that we are being told by ukrainian authorities in regard to this gentlemen's effete murder is certainly doesn't ring true at this stage you could be of course need to get more information before we can build a complete picture bu

and of course there is a mix of reaction to the actions of the ukrainian security service is. was a pr stu nt of brilliant, some said it was a pr stunt of the ukrainian government. of course there is concern that staging a fake assassination is going a little bit too far. well, yes, do you think it is damaging for ukraine? well, some questions like that are indeed being asked, for example, what subsequent assassinations are not taken seriously and dismissed as fake news? and was it really appropriate to use a journalist in an operation like this? i have to say that most of this concern is mostly coming foreign journalists and international media organisations. in ukraine, from what i have seen on social media and in the media, people are defending this operation, saying that if this is what it takes to keep a journalist safe in ukraine, then that's fine. it seems arkady babchenko had not even informed his wife about this plan. is it clear why? yes, it looks like his wife didn't know, because the first thing he did when he appeared at that press conference was apologised to her

after vicious he was arrested ukrainian security services also broke into the offices of ria novosti ukraine the searches last more than eight hours and the houses of journalists working for the also searched already been high level condemnation against kira's actions many organizations are accusing the ukrainian government of an attack on media freedom they demanded which is release human rights watch also called on ukrainian authorities to provide evidence to back up its charges against a journalist we discuss the case with the organizations deputy director for europe and central asia that's rachel denver. under no circumstances should the government be criminalizing speech and media activities that groundlessly and ukraine i think this is out of line with ukraine's these raids and the detentions are out of line with ukraine's obligations to protect media freedoms there's an obligation to provide some kind of transparency about what exactly is grounding treason charges that are extremely serious serious charge that carries a hefty prison sentence so they better continue to come for

other words but to keep up the these appearances and to go through with this bluff but ukrainian security service all selling this is a big victory and a promising details and the ability to be able to show how they say russia operates on ukrainian soul and tries to persecute its political opponents ok well let's talk a little bit about that because mr about shanker we're told the w news last year about threats said he sensed in the sense of threat that he felt in russia before fleeing to prague and later to kiev what do we know about his year in exile in the ukrainian capital well you definitely haven't given up on journalism he was he was and is still very active or will presumably will continue to be very active on facebook has a large reach it many in russia also here in ukraine is not scared of very confrontational language said russia needs its own urine book trials like those that were carried out after world war two in germany he has been hosting a political talk show on a small network and crimean crimean taught so any idea that those threats that saw him leave russia would stop him and

well after he was arrested ukrainian security services also broke into the offices of ria novosti ukraine the searches there lasted more than eight hours and the houses of journalists working for the agency were also searched while there's already been a high level condemnation against sanctions many organizations are accusing the iranian government of an attack on media freedom and demanding vision ski's release human rights watch is also calling on ukrainian authorities provide evidence to back up its charges against the journalist who discussed the case with the organizations deputy director for europe and central asia. under no circumstances should the government be criminalizing speech and media activities that groundlessly and ukraine i think this is out of line with ukraine's these raids and the detentions are out of line with ukraine's obligations to protect media freedoms there's an obligation to provide some kind of transparency about what exactly is the grounding treason charges that's an extremely serious serious charge that carries a hefty prison sentence so they better conti

edited what's more a number of the images that we used at the briefing were prepared by the ukrainian security services and was shown on a number of occasions by belling cats. we want to draw to everyone's attention that the dutch investigators have ignored witness accounts many eyewitnesses saw the tragedy themselves they are not images from social media they are real people who gave their testimonies on record to the european and american media and the russian defense ministry as you heard there was very critical of the j i t's conclusion namely the evidence that was discounted than the evidence that was used a lot of which relied on an organization called belling cat a citizen journalism and a group using open source data of videos from you tube images from social media to build their version of events with the joint investigative team themselves saying that many of the conclusions that belling cat had come to also fitted in with their version of events that we realize that the belling get investigation team already reached the same conclusions and published them so we as the joint investigation tea

claims of fake news here is that you know that we were getting this story from ukrainian officials ukraine security services were involved in in this entire you know fake fake death is that does that mean that now information coming from the ukrainian government to ukrainian officials them in combat or be trusted. well i think that that's been the case for a long time we've had the ukrainian officials coming out with a final decision on who shutdown which airplane when before even the first date had been collected we had the ukrainian officials accusing their russian regular forces of being inside ukrainian territory which was shown many times not to be true we've had ukrainian press agents for the ukrainian a so-called government the regime in kiev stating facts so-called facts as put them in quotation marks which have been multiple times proven to be untrue but i can tell you that there has been an incident in which the ukrainian forces have been directly involved in a mock execution how do i know that because i sent a reporter to eastern ukraine during this war he was stripped naked he was tied to a tree

we'll look at claims by the ukrainian security services that they staged the assasination to protectbchenko from a russian attack. as the ancient remains of man killed by a rock are uncovered in pompeii, we'll be asking an archaeologist how his death is contributing to the famous story of the eruption of mount vesuvius. and at10.1i0, all of tomorrow's top stories in the papers — with tonight's guests dia chakravarty from the telegraph and sebastian payne from the financial times. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. ‘i'm not satisfied' — former winner novak djokovic isn't overly pleased despite reaching the third round at the french open. england's ashley young says the players have discussed how they will deal with any incidents of racism at the world cup in russia. and paralympic champion ellie simmonds says she's refreshed and ready to get back in the pool — after falling out of love with swimming. ijust i just hated swimming, ijust hated swimming, hated everything about it. but in my year offi everything about it.

the president praised ukrainian security services for a huge success, but when it comes to media stormfor north yorkshire. the helicopter came down in a field near boroughbridge. there were no other passengers on board. north yorkshire police say — "our thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult time." they don‘t fit in, don‘t want the hassle, and struggle with "complex issues" — they are just some of the excuses given for not appointing women to the boards of the uk‘s top companies, according to a report on gender balance. the government—backed review called it shocking, while a minister branded the reasons "pitiful". it has recommended that at least a third of the 350 ftse company board members are women by 2020. let‘s get the weather with phil avery. lots of weather warnings about. somebody has been listening, it a lwa ys somebody has been listening, it always worries me (i) things quite tricky at the moment across the southern half of the british isles. there could be scenes like this over the next 24 to 36 hours or so. so we are keeping a very close eye on proceedi

apparently the ukrainian security service staged his death as part of a sting operation.y had a contract for $40,000 had been placed on his life and faking his death was the only way to catch those who were after him. he had previously moved his wife and child to the capital of ukraine to kiev from russia because he did fear for his life. let's bring in russian historian amy knight who knows babchenko, also the author of "orders to kill," the putin regime and political murder. ever heard of this, the ukrainian or any other government faking a death in order to catch those after him. >> no, and i'm really very surprised. he was here in new york at a conference. and he is a very, very courageous impressive journalist. he was a war correspondent in chechnya and he's -- he's articulate. he's talented writer and fearless, so he said that at the time in march when i spoke with him that he had moved to kiev because he'd had death threats against him. and he moved with his wife and child to kiev. and he implied that he wasn't completely safe. but this, this just shocked me. >> wh

he's a vocal critic of the kremlin said ukrainian security services coordinator the special operation. the fake story played out with his wife discovering her husband bleeding from gunshot wounds outside their apartment building and key of. he supposedly died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. authorities say they detained a citizen who was allegedly paid $40,000 by the russians to get rid of him. his colleagues cheered and danced when they learned he was a life. the group journalists without borders released a statement, while the reappearance of the reporter may be a great relief it's deeply regrettable that ukraine's authorities have played with the truth no matter the motive. russia's foreign ministry said it was pleased he's alive and called his fake murder anti- russian provocation. tina krause cbs news. >> he fled russia in 2017 due to threats against him and his family.>>> fighting for cruelty free cosmetics. >> coming up the group trying to use a california law to reshape regulations in china pick >>> plus, these puppies found thrown in the trash with terrible injur

alive and well in fact he appeared at a press conference together with the head of the ukrainian security services jointly they said that all this was done to foil some russian plot that was tipped off a couple of months ago that someone wanted to kill him and that somebody is now in custody and has been arrested as well that being said though it will have to wait and see what kind of evidence if any that they have to prove that this was a prata talk as the only reaction from moscow i presume because they have been big to be blamed for some of all well russia is now in the standardly fuel ria being falsely accused of killing journalist russian foreign ministry spokeswoman as well has said that it's great news is alive but the whole operation of some is somewhat of a propagandist nature she called the scituate situation a masquerade and we've also had some strong words from reporters without borders they called this whole stage operation pathetic and regrettable regardless of what motives kiev say that they were pursuing they also say that it was very dangerous for a government to play with it but

ukrainian security services explained that babchenko's was staged to foil a real plot to murder him.eporter: back from the dead. the allegeged attack that hass supposedly left him dead was all staged. >> i want to apologize to my wife for the hell she has gone through. reporter: on tuesday evening, ukrainian police said arkady babchenko had been shot deadd outside his home in kiev. the russian born journalist hahs been working as a presenter in ukraine since last year. prior to that, he worked at a newspaper critical of the kremlin. he left russia after receiving threats. the news of his apparent murder appeared plausible. intelligence agents said his -- staging his death was necessary to capturing those behind the plot. this man is said to have received $40,000 from russia to plan babchenko's murder in ukraine. >> they presented documents with the photo from my passport. this photo is only available in my passport and at the russian passport office. and that made it obvious that this information came from russia. reporter: plans for the assassination of some 3030 peope had reportedl

by the ukrainian security service is distressing well the reappearance of the reporter may be a great relief it is deeply regrettable the koreans authorities who played with the truth no matter what the motive relieved that. he was alive are deployed. the decision to spread false information on the life of a journalist it is the duty of the state to provide correct information to the public. the ukrainian authorities had claimed that they had found a russian journalist. with gunshot wounds in his flat in the capital it was claimed that he died on his way to hospital however later it was revealed that the murder had been staged apparently in order to for oil an actual plot to kill the journalist. who was a prominent kremlin critic who is condemning the russian activities in ukraine and syria is a major contributor for well i'll fill it such as in the u.k. the guardian and the b.b.c. . donald quarter reports on what exactly 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

the staged murder of journalists arkady bumped into by the ukrainian security service is distressing well the reappearance of the reporter may be a great relief it is deeply regrettable the crane's authorities have played with the truth no matter what their motive relieved that. it was alive i deplore the decision to spread false information on the life of a journalist it is the duty of the state to provide correct information to the public earlier the ukrainian authorities are claiming that they had found a russian journal.

ukrainian authorities for faking the assassination of a russian opposition journalist in kiev international media and security watch told have slammed a stunt as deplorable and regrettable the staged murder of journalists could by the ukrainian security service is distressing well the reappearance of the reports and may be a great relief it is deeply regrettable crane's authorities have played with the truth no matter what the motive relieved that. he was alive i deplore the decision to spread false information on the life of a journalist it is the duty of the state to provide correct information to the public. the ukrainian authorities or claim that they had found a russian journalist out of car with gunshot wounds in his flat in the capital it was claimed 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 genco was a prominent kremlin critic who has condemned the russian activities in ukraine and syria he's a contributor for major u.k. news outlets like the guardian and the b.b.c. . donald quarter now reports on the fallout over those controversial case. when a russian journalist was pronounced murdered in the ukrainian capita

their russian ukrainian journalist was killed not by russians but by a bomb detonated by ukrainian security services and in two thousand and seventeen as well the nice foreign call of the former russian deputy was killed but was russia behind this no in fact it was closer to home where his wife's ex-boyfriend ordered the killing and now there's been reaction from russia's foreign ministry as well saying that russia is glad that the journalist is alive and well and the whole operation they say is of a propagandist nature. ok thanks initially there was an issue with the latest. donald trump has repeatedly called the investigation into alleged collusion with russia a witch hunt but according to one democrat that some move straight out of the kremlin's playbook put his mormon. according to a top democrat in congress if you use the term which on to and you say it over and over and over again which of which are and which you may be a dupe of the kremlin listen to maxine waters talk about trump he's a lying about which but you notice he says which over and over again he has learned some of the russian tact

bureau of this particular agency was detained near his home in the ukrainian capital kiev ukrainian security services say that he is at the moment are facing charges of treason his whereabouts are currently unknown but there are reports that he is being deported to another ukrainian city now according to a recent statement which was issued by the ukrainian special services the rest and are quote part of an investigation into a network of media structure is used by moscow to. war against ukraine as i told you before now not only the how the office of this particular agency was raided but also other locations including the apartments of the drawer in the list working for that particular news agency documents means of communications were confiscated during these raids and some of them lasted for several hours through their house the reaction to this of course the russian foreign ministry immediately condemned to this crackdown on during the list of the ministries a spokesperson body has a heart of a criticized western states for not paying enough attention to what happened in ukraine to the suppression

treason his relatives have not heard from him since his arrest now off to ski was arrested ukrainian security services also broke into the offices of ria novosti ukraine and their searches last at more than eight hours and the houses of journalists working for the agency will also as well now there's been a high level condemnations of its actions many organizations are accusing the ukrainian government open attack on a media freedom and demanding release and we discussed this with our rachel dunbar deputy director of the europe and central asia division of human rights watch she says complaints over media freedoms in the in the ukraine where they are on the rise. under no circumstances should the government be criminalizing speech and media activities that groundlessly and ukraine i think this is out of line with ukraine's these raids and detentions are out of line with ukraine's obligations to protect media freedoms there's a there's an obligation to provide some kind of transparency about what exactly is grounding treason charges that's an extremely serious serious charge that carries a hefty prison

journalist was killed in two thousand and sixteen not by the russians but by a bomb detonated by ukrainian security services and forwarded on to two thousand and seventeen as well dennis rodman and cause of the former russian deputy was killed but russia wasn't behind this in fact it was a bit closer to home his wife's ex-boyfriend ordered the killing so back to the current unexpected situation here as the organizer of the attempted assassination has now been arrested we will wait and see what unfolds from here ok thanks an issue for the update there and this is certainly there we're going get more reaction to now and go to after he returns he's the host of arties going on the ground program and we think you can join now here he is good evening to you what a story. you make of this operation and to stage the murder. it is at first sight bizarre i'm going to say journalists of course make mistakes i've made my share of mistakes but even in that clip from c.n.n. the time warner company that you played there notice our becky anderson the anchor there doesn't respond to the news that they've been reporting all

alive and well in fact he appeared at a press conference together with the head of the ukrainian security services jointly they said that all this was done to foil some russian plot that was tipped off a couple of months ago that someone wanted to kill him and that somebody is now in custody and house being arrested as well that being said though it will have to wait and see what kind of evidence if any that they have to prove that this was a plot at all as the reaction from moscow i presume because they have been big should be blamed for some of of what russia is now in the standard fuel reus of being falsely accused of killing journalist russian foreign ministry spokeswoman as well has said that it's great news is alive but the whole operation of some is somewhat of a propagandist nature she called the scituate situation a masquerade and we've also had some strong words from reporters without borders they called this whole stage operation pathetic and regrettable regardless of what motives kiev say they were pursuing they also say that it was very dangerous for a government to play with it but e

alive and well and fat he appeared at a press conference together with the head of the ukrainian security services jointly they said that all this was done to foil some russian plot that was tipped off a couple of months ago that someone wanted to kill him and that somebody is now in custody and has been arrested as well that being said they will have to wait and see what kind of evidence if any that they have to prove that this was a proto talk has there been any reaction from moscow i presume has because they have been basically blamed left front said. for some involvement well russia is now in the sound of the fuel ria being falsely accused of killing the journalist russian foreign ministry spokeswoman as well said that it's great news that is a life that the whole operation of some is somewhat of a propagandist nature she called the scituate situation a masquerade and we've also had some strong words from reporters without borders as they called this whole stage operation pathetic and regrettable regardless of what motives kiev say that they were pursuing they also say that it was very dangero

deplorable and regrettable the staged murder of journalists are crazy bunch and could by the ukrainian security service is distressing well the reappearance of the reporter maybe a great relief is deeply regrettable the crane's of priorities have played with the truth no matter what the motive relieved that are currently bob chinky was alive i deplore the decision to spread false information on the life of a journalist it is the duty of the state to provide correct information to the public. the story began when ukrainian authorities claimed that they had found with gunshot wounds at his flat in the capital and said that he had died on his way to hospital however less than twenty four hours later it was revealed the murder had actually been staged ukrainian security forces claim that they did it in order to fulfill an actual russian plot to kill the journalists on the start of course a report on the fallout from this controversial case. 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

the staged murder of journalists are crazy bumps in could by the ukrainian security service is distressing well the reappearance of the reporter may be a great relief it is deeply regrettable the crane's authorities who played with the truth no matter what the motive relieved that are currently bub chinky was alive i deplore the decision to spread false information on the life of a journalist it is the duty of the state to provide correct information to the public when the story began when ukrainian authorities claimed they had found go with gunshot wounds at his flat in the capital and said he had died on his way to hospital however less than twenty four hours later it was revealed the murder had been staged ukrainian security forces claim they had done it in order to foil an actual russian plot to kill the journalist party's done cause reports now on the for lack in the controversial case. 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

edited what's more a number of the images that we used at the briefing were prepared by the ukrainian security services and were shown on a number of occasions by belling cats we want to draw to everyone's attention that the dutch investigators have ignored witness accounts many eyewitnesses saw the tragedy themselves they are not images from social media they are real people who gave their testimonies on record to the european and american media. now as we said earlier of course the previous investigations by the dutch safety board by the j.i.t. focused very much on reconstructing what happened to the plane on its journey from to kuala lumpur how it was brought down what equipment was used not so much on blame attribution precisely and now the team has said they do have persons of interest ranging from several dozen to hundreds that they could be now looking into this is what the jyoti had to say on the new developments. that we realize that the belling get in this to give already reached the same conclusions and publish them. as the joint investigation team have our own independent investigation and

recently and this isn't a crackdown on russian media recently is that exactly just last week ukrainian security services moved against the russian news outlet. and that's of course one of the agents agencies that was added to the list today the head of their key bureau key deal he was detained at his home which was then raided their central office was raided as well by the security services and around forty employees were called in for questioning since then he has been charged with state treason and is facing up to fifteen years and jail at this point where of course quickly reacted to that calling for a stop to the aggression against journalists in the country and for the release of course of the editor in chief which of course is not something we've seen at this point but it's not just coming from russia there's also been an international outcry about what's being seen here the office of the u.n. high commissioner for human rights said that it was concerned about the increasing number of attacks against media professionals in ukraine so this is a bit of a disturbing trend that we've seen recently and

edited what's more a number of the images that we used at the briefing were prepared by the ukrainian security services and was shown on a number of occasions by belling cats we want to draw to everyone's attention that the dutch investigators have ignored witness accounts many eyewitnesses saw the tragedy themselves they are not images from social media they are real people who gave their testimonies on record to the european and american media. the russian defense minister criticized the team's report saying that evidence they provided was either ignored or not given due attention instead the investigative team were lying as we heard there on belling catch which is a citizen journalism or to citizen journalism organization relying on open source data social media youtube videos etc to bring about their evidence let's take a closer look to what they had to say today. we realize that the belling get investigation team already reached the same conclusions and published that we as the joint investigation team have our own independent investigation and the conclusions we draw from it must be based on lega

in his expressed indignation over the detention of the russian journalist killed by the ukrainian security services the head of the kiev bureau of the russian news agency ria novosti was arrested in training capital on tuesday on allegations of treason. this is interested it is being charged with treason for simply doing his job i can't remember anything like this in a long time. but spied heavy rain people have gathered in front of the ukrainian embassy in moscow to voice support for the detained journalist medina courtin or was there. we're here at the ukrainian embassy in moscow where people have gathered to protest over the a rest but the journalistic. now he was in church upbeat during russia's news agency region always working in kiev and he was a detained on tuesday people who came here and there are a lot of journalists here other people who are connected to different media professions well they told us that there are here to express their support for the real now he was arrested in kiev fund and he was transported to another city in the a self in ukraine where the a local court played team

but on wednesday we learnt that the incident had been staged by the ukrainian security service to exposes from kiev. this was the scene last night outside arkady babchenko‘s apartment. ukraine's police had just announced the russian journalist had been assassinated. a fearless and outspoken critic of vladimir putin, mr babchenko‘s death seemed another chilling example of the way the kremlin targets its opponents wherever they live. translation: it's calculated, deliberate, international terrorist crime. this morning, we were at the apartment. somewhere around here, as he went into his apartment, he was shot in the back several times. there was a strange lack of police, but at that point, we had no inkling of what had really taken place. neither did most ukrainian politicians, who were quick to point the finger of blame towards the east. it marked another dark moment in the awful relationship between russia and ukraine. a steady stream of anti—kremlin figures had been assassinated on kiev‘s streets, but arkady babchenko, incredibly, is not one of them. 19 hours after he was declared dead,

edited what's more a number of the images that we used at the briefing were prepared at the ukrainian security services and were shown on a number of occasions by belling cats. we want to draw to everyone's attention that the dutch investigators have ignored witness accounts many eyewitnesses saw the tragedy themselves they are not images from social media they are real people who gave their testimonies on record to the european and american media. now this development was of course significant because of blame attribution who's as we said earlier claiming that people involved in downing the jet belong to the fifty third anti aircraft brigade based in the russell senate office. they say that a number of people are of interest ranging from assume all groups who over one hundred this is the statement they had today from their press conference. that we realize that the belling get investigation team already reached the same conclusions and published them. as the joint investigation team have our own independent investigation and the conclusions we draw from it must be based on legal and convincing evidenc

here and it's not the first time something similar house up and exactly just last week ukrainian security services carried out a massive operation against a re in of a city in ukraine again want to. from the that was added to the lissa day and the head of their kiev bureau. was detained at his home which was then raided their central office in the capital was also raided and over forty employees were called in for questioning but didn't know where he was for quite a few days as well as family exactly exactly and he's been charged with treason at this point is facing up to fifteen years in prison for as. actually doing his job russia of course quickly responded to that calling for a stop the aggression against journalists and the release of that editor in chief his arrest was also met by an outcry the international human rights groups i'm sorry the u.n. high commissioner for human rights said it is concerned about the increasing number of attacks against media professionals in ukraine so this is a disturbing trend that we've been seeing growing actually ok thanks very much for bring us right up to

putin has expressed indignation over the detention of a russian journalist killed by the ukrainian security services the head of the bureau of the russian news agency ria novosti was arrested in ukraine in capital on tuesday and allegations of treason. the upshot this particular police this is unprecedented he's being charged with treason for simply doing his job remember anything like this in a lot of war despite heavy rain today people have gathered in front of the crane ukrainian embassy in moscow to voice their support for the detained journalist within a quarter of a was that. right here at the ukrainian embassy in moscow where people have gathered to protest over the arrest but the journalists a key deal vission skeet now he was in church i'll be clearing russia's news agency region always working in kiev and he was a detained on tuesday people who came here and there are a lot of journalists here other people who are connected to different media professions well they told us that there are here to express their support for the real now he was arrested in kiev and then he was transported to an

edited what's more a number of the images that we used at the briefing were prepared by the ukrainian security services and was shown on a number of occasions by belling cats. we want to draw to everyone's attention that the dutch investigators have ignored witness accounts many eyewitnesses saw the tragedy themselves they are not images from social media they are real people who gave their testimonies on record to the european and american media and the russian defense ministry as you heard there was very critical of the j i t's conclusion namely the evidence that was discounted than the evidence that was used a lot of which relied on an organization called burning cat a citizen journalism and a group using open source data of videos from you tube images from social media to build their version of events with a joint of us to give team themselves saying that many of the conclusions that belling cat had come to also fitted in with their version of events that we realize that the belling get in this to give already reached the same conclusions and publish them we as the joint investigation team have our

edited what's more a number of the images that we used at the briefing were prepared by the ukrainian security services and was shown on a number of occasions by belling cats. we want to draw to everyone's attention that the dutch investigators have ignored witness accounts many eyewitnesses saw the tragedy themselves they are not images from social media they are real people who gave their testimonies on record to the european and american media. the russian ministry of defense giving its version of events denying this russian involvement in that incident and bringing their own version of evidence of course the j.i.t. see things differently they have now said they believe that a russian military unit namely the fifty third craft brigade from the city of course was involved in bringing down the plane they have said they may even have suspects or persons of interest ranging from a small group to dozens perhaps hundreds of people this is what that investigative team had to say earlier today. that we realize that the belling get investigation team already reached the same conclusions and published them. a

the staged murder of journalists are currently blocked in could by the ukrainian security service is distressing well the reappearance of the report i'm a great relief is deeply regrettable he crean's authorities who played with the truth no matter what the motive relieved that. he was alive i deplore the decision to spread false information on the life of a journalist it is the duty of the state to provide correct information to the public. 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

edited what's more a number of the images that we used at the briefing were prepared by the ukrainian security services and were shown on a number of occasions by belling cats. we want to draw to everyone's attention that the dutch investigators have ignored witness accounts many eyewitnesses saw the tragedy themselves they are not images from social media they are real people who gave their testimonies on record to the european and american media and the joint investigative team have said they even have a group of persons of interests who may be brought to justice they say in the future they haven't named and though so far they're keeping cards close to their chest they say that there is sufficient evidence now to build a complete picture of what happened over the skies of used to crane and twenty fourteen this is their statement earlier today. that we realize that the bell and get in this to get already reached the same conclusions and publish them we as the joint investigation team have our own independent investigation and the conclusions we draw from it must be based on legal and convincing eviden

but on wednesday we learnt that the incident had been staged by the ukrainian security service to expose ukraine. caroline rigby reports. alive and well, the russian journalist and prominent kremlin critic, arkady babchenko, appearing at a press conference into his own death nearly 20 hours after he had been reported to have been shot and killed. these were his colleagues at the ukrainian tv channel where he worked. translation: first, i would like to apologise for what all of you had to experience, and what you had to get through. i have buried friends and colleagues many times and i know this sickening feeling. i'm sorry you had to experience it, but there was no other way. in an astonishing turn of events, it soon emerged mr babchenko had been a willing participant in the security service sting, that we are told aimed to foil a russian plot to kill him and up to 30 other people. one person has now been arrested. but as mr babchenko met ukraine's president, relief that he was alive had already turned to debate about the ethics of the operation. i think that our security services have w