A journalist from a Russian state media died in an accident during a shooting exercise at a military training camp in Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed in 2014 by Russia, its newsroom announced.
Svetlana Babaeva, head of the Crimean branch of the Rossia Segodnia media conglomerate, “died in one of the military training camps in Crimea, where shooting exercises were taking place,” the outlet reported Friday, quoted by Russian news agencies. , no more. details.
He worked for many years for this public conglomerate in which the Ria Novosti press agency or the Sputnik group stand out, with positions in London or the United States.
Dmitry Kisseliov, who leads the group and is considered one of the country’s leading propagandists, praised the memory of a “warm person, who strongly supported Russia” and who “wanted to support our heroes” in Ukraine.
Svetlana Babaeva was “a high-level professional, with solid journalistic experience,” he added.
A “multifaceted journalist”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov praised him as a “multi-talented journalist” who was once part of a presidential group.
“For many years we worked” together, he told Russian media.
The spokeswoman for Russian diplomacy, Maria Zakharova, or even officials of the Russian occupation in Ukraine also praised the journalist’s memory on social networks.
Born in 1972, Svetlana Babaeva started working at Rossia Segodnia shortly after a controversial reform in which the Russian state tightened its control over the conglomerate. Since 2019 she has been her correspondent in the city of Simferopol, in Crimea, a peninsula annexed by Russia and which today serves as a rear base for its offensive in Ukraine.
Source: BFM TV
