Andrei Maratovich Babitsky (Russian: ?????? ????????? ????????, born September 26, 1964 in Moscow) is a Russian journalist and war reporter, who worked for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFERL) from 1989 to 2014, covering the 1991 August Coup, Civil War in Tajikistan and, most notably, both the First and Second Chechen Wars from behind Chechen lines.
Babitsky's kidnapping by the Russian forces in January–February 2000 during the Second Chechen War attracted attention of international journalists' organisations.
His 2005 video interview with Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev had controversy reaction by Russian government, as Basayev was on wanted terrorist list in Russia.
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