Never mind. Arkady Babchenko is alive!

Remember that anti-Putin journalist whom  I blogged yesterday had been murdered? Well, he turned up today at a press conference in Kiev.

It seems that Ukranian authorities had gotten wind of a plot to kill Arkady Babchenko, and faked his murder as part of a "sting" operation to draw out Russian agents in their midst. Apparently, it worked; an arrest has been made, and Babchenko has apologized to his "widow," who apparently wasn't in on a plan which had been in preparation for months.

While I regret blogging "fake news," it was in a good cause. Anything that curtails the FSB's global reign of terror on Russian dissidents is finally a good thing, even if it makes me look bad.

I do feel sorry for Mrs. Babchenko, though. For the would-be assassin? Not so much.

Although if he had succeeded, he no doubt would have turned out to have "mental issues."