Andreï Babitsky

Andrei Babitsky is correspondent of radio-Svaboda (Radio-Freedom). He is the author of various books about Chechnya. The accreditation from ABC to work in Russia was withdrawn. Babitsky was arrested when the events of Beslan took place in a Moscow airport and was instructed not to take the plane to North Osetia. He was accused of carrying explosive devices. For several years, he has been in the spy hole of the Kremlin due to his coverage of the war in Chechnya, siding with the Chechnyan separatists.