Around Russia Babchenko was killed for being the best May 30, 2018 Igor Yakovenko UPD (16: 12.30.2018): Thank you for living ... Journalist Arkady Babchenko was killed on May 29, 2018 in his apartment in Kyiv. The killer was waiting for him to return from the store - according to his wife, bread ended at home and Arkady followed him to the store - and killed him with three shots in the back. Arkady Babchenko wrote a lot about death.