Anti-Kremlin journalist Arkady Babchenko appeared alive at a press conference in Kiev today (May 30) as Ukranian authorities admitted faking his death to foil an alleged Russian plot to kill him.<br /><br />The footage, captured today, shows a group of people gathering at the Independence Square in Kiev to celebrate that Arkady Babchenko is alive.<br /><br />The Ukrainian police said the journalist was found, bleeding, by his wife in their Kiev apartment building and was reported to have died in an ambulance on the way to a hospital.<br /><br />That story was reported by media around the world and sparked outrage in both Ukraine and Russia until today (May 30) when Babchenko appeared at a press conference in Kiev.<br /><br />Babchenko said he was informed a month ago about an alleged Russian plot to kill him and agreed to cooperate with a counter-operation.
