Synopsis

In May, the Russian journalist and critic of President Putin, Arkady Babchenko, was discovered in a pool of blood and declared dead in Ukraine. Yet, a day later, he reappeared, seemingly alive and well, at a press conference in Kiev. Jonah Fisher, speaking with those central to the event for the first time, reveals the story behind the staged death. Why did Ukrainian security services orchestrate this elaborate deception? And in the escalating conflict between verifiable truth and deliberate fal