Former chief editor of Gazeta.ru Svetlana Babaeva died in Crimea

The head of the regional unit of the Russia Today media group in Simferopol Svetlana Babaeva died due to an accident during military sports shooting. This was written by RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the media group.

“Sveta, restless light is a professional in the highest sample with a bright journalistic biography. The warmest person who was acute for Russia. It was torn “for the ribbon”, wanting to support our heroes. Small bullet ... ”-quotes the press service of the words of the general director of“ Russia Today ”Dmitry Kiselev.

It is clarified that Babaeva died at one of the training training grounds in the Crimea.

• Svetlana Babaeva in 2004-2006 headed the Representative Office of RIA Novosti in the UK, and in 2008-2012 was the chief editor of the agency’s corncel in the United States. She also worked as deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper Moscow News, the chief editor of the journal Profile. In 2013-2016, Babaeva headed the editorial office of Gazeta.Ru. After that, she worked at the MIA Russia Today.