Arkady Babchenko

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Arkady Babchenko (born 18 March 1977) is a Russian newspaper and television journalist.

Babchenko served in the North Caucasus from 1995 to 1996 when fighting in the First Chechen War.

He served for six months during the Second Chechen War.

He began working as a war correspondent for more than a decade after leaving the army in 2000.

He has been working as a host for the (Kiev-based) TV station ATR since 2017.

He wrote the book One Soldier's War in 2006 about his time in Chechnya. Babchenko had been shot dead in his home in Kiev, Ukraine, on May 29, 2018.

He appeared in person at a press conference with the Security Service of Ukraine the next day (SBU).

The SBU staged Babchenko's assassination attempt in order to depose Ukrainian assassins (allegedly recruited by Russian security service agents) who were actually planning on doing the assassination.

Early life

Babchenko was born in 1977 in Moscow, Russia. In Henichesk, Ukraine, one of his grandfathers was born. His maternal grandmother, Anne, is Jewish.

Babchenko was drafted into the Russian army and served in the North Caucasus from 1995 while studying law in Moscow aged 18, and served until 2000 in the North Caucasus. He served in the First Chechen War and then served for six months during the Second Chechen War.

Facebook banned Babchenko's account in June 2022, with Babchenko stating in a tweet that his strong reaction to Russian shelling of a mall in Ukraine caused the ban.

Personal life

Babchenko is married. He has six adopted children and a biological daughter.

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Awards

• 2001 Debut Prize from the International Pokolenie (Generation) Foundation for Десять серий о войне (Ten Episodes About the War)
• 2018 Time Person of the Year as part of "The Guardians"