Arkady Babchenko: 'I made that shirt with bullet holes in it'

Russian dissident journalist Arkady Babchenko has revealed how Ukrainian authorities faked his death on Tuesday as part of a sting operation to foil an alleged Russian assassination plot.

After pig's blood and a make-up artist were used to pull off the stunt, Babchenko watched news of his death unfold on television from a morgue.

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