![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/leading-pro-putin-journalist-gunned-down-by-stray-bullet-at-military-ground/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2_PAY-Svetlana-Babayeva-3-east2west-news.jpg&description=Svetlana Babayeva, 50, a leading pro-Vladimir Putin journalist, died when a bullet was said to have "ricochet" during a 'military sports shooting' event in the annexed Crimean peninsula's capital SimferopolJournalist Svetlana BabayevaA leading pro-Putin journalist has been gunned down by a 'stray bullet' at a military training ground in annexed Crimea. Svetlana Babayeva, 50, died during a 'military sports shooting' event in the peninsula's capital Simferopol. No further details were officially given concerning the 'accident'. The mysterious shooting is being probed by military rather than civilian state investigators. A source told Cheka-OGPU Telegram channel that the Russian woman was killed by a bullet from her own weapon. News outlet MK quoted a source saying she was killed by a freak 'ricochet' of a bullet. Her death brought expressions of grief from leading Putin officials and propagandists. Journalist Svetlana Babaeyva takes part in one of 'VOLK' (Wolf) Russian combat training centre drills Babayeva was head of the Rossiya Segodnya media group's bureau in regional capital Simferopol. She was reported to be an instructor at the shadowy Volk [Wolf]International Training Centre which taught security and survival skills to military personnel and civilians. She was an unapologetic pro-Putin cheerleader ( TASS) She supposedly provided tactical training services for armed groups and bodyguards. She was previously bureau chief for state news agency RIA Novosti in Britain and the US, and had been editor of major news outlet gazeta.ru. The day before she died, Babayeva had been in talks with leading Putin propagandist Margarita Simonyan, head of the RT media empire, on coverage by the pro-Kremlin media in invaded areas of Ukraine. Sergei Ivanov, former head of Russian presidential administration and Babayeva in 2004 ( TASS) A grief-stricken Simonyan said: 'Only yesterday I discussed with her how we will develop in the new territories... 'Oh, Sveta [Svetlana] how could i){kind=link}
Svetlana Babayeva, 50, a leading pro-Vladimir Putin journalist, died when a bullet was said to have “ricochet” during a “military sports shooting” event in the annexed Crimean peninsula’s capital Simferopol
A leading pro-Putin journalist has been gunned down by a “stray bullet” at a military training ground in annexed Crimea.
Svetlana Babayeva, 50, died during a “military sports shooting” event in the peninsula’s capital Simferopol.
No further details were officially given concerning the “accident”.
The mysterious shooting is being probed by military rather than civilian state investigators.