A 50-year-old Russian journalist died Friday after being hit by a stray bullet during a shooting exercise at a military training camp in Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014, her editorial team announced.
Svetlana Babayeva, head of the delegation of the Rossia Segodnia (Russia Today) media group, “died in one of the military training camps in Crimea, where shooting exercises were carried out,” the group announced, quoted by Russian news agencies, no more. details. .
The journalist worked for several years for the public group, which includes, in particular, the Ria Novosti news agency and the Sputnik group, with offices in London or the United States.
Dmitry Kisseliov, who heads the group, considered one of the country’s leading propagandists, hailed the memory of a “warm person who strongly supported Russia” and “a senior professional with solid journalistic experience.”
The spokeswoman for Russian diplomacy, Maria Zakharova, also praised the journalist’s memory on social networks.
Born in 1972, Svetlana Babaeva was, since 2019, a correspondent in the city of Simferopol, Crimea, a peninsula annexed by Russia and which today serves as a rear base for the military offensive in Ukraine.
Source: TSF
