As a result of an accident at the training training ground in the Crimea, Svetlana Babaeva died, the head of the regional division of the MIA Russia Today in Simferopol. This was reported on Friday by the Russian media.
The details of the circumstances of her death are not given. According to media reports, Babaeva died from a “crazy bullet.” “Sveta, restless light – a professional of the highest sample with a bright journalistic biography. The warmest person who was acute for Russia was torn” for a ribbon “, wanting to support our heroes. Small bullet …” – wrote in social networks Dmitry Kiselev.
Babaeva was 50 years old, the last two decades have worked in various positions in the Russian media close to the Kremlin. In 2004-2006, she headed the RIA Novosti representative office in the UK, and in 2008-2012 was the chief editor of the agency in the United States. She also worked as deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper Moskovsky News, chief editor of the journal Profile. In 2013-2016, Babaeva headed the editorial office of Gazeta.Ru. After that she worked at the MIA “Russia Today”.