Ukraine jails man for plotting to kill Russian reporter Arkady Babchenko

Man pleaded guilty to planning attempt on the life of the journalist who earlier this year faked his own murder

A man who plotted an assassination attempt against the Russian journalist who sparked a worldwide outcry earlier this year by faking his own murder has been jailed.

Ukraine security chief Vasyl Grytsak said a Kiev court had on Thursday sentenced Borys German, a Ukrainian citizen, to four-and-a-half years in prison after he was found guilty of helping to plot an attempt on the life of anti-Kremlin reporter Arkady Babchenko.

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