In the West did not appreciate the inhuman "rally", which was arranged by journalist Arkady Babchenko and the Security Service of Ukraine.

The situation with the alleged death, and then the resurrection of the publicist, the press calls not the smartest act of the Ukrainian authorities. The Guardian wrote that the scandal with Babchenko was intended to expose the activities of Russian special services, but instead played into the hands of Moscow. This situation reinforced the statements of the Russian authorities that the Western media are ready to believe any "provocations of opponents" of Russia in order to harm it. Such a dramatization was "an incredible idiocy by the Ukrainian special services," but "the lesson is learned - no longer trusting official communications from Ukraine". The British division of the RT television channel criticized the CNN and BBC TV channels, which treat their audiences with unchecked rumors and on their basis draw conclusions about the secret conspiracy Moscow allegedly weaves against the entire civilized world. "These organizations should apologize for not checking the news received from the forces wishing to harm Russia," said TV host Afshin Rattanzi. The dramatization of Babchenko's death sowed quite understandable doubts even among the part of the public who had been 100% sure that the murders of the politician Denis Voronenkov, journalist Pavel Sheremet and writer Olesya Buzina were Moscow. The organizers of the "death" of Babchenko clearly counted on the support and sympathy of the West, but instead received from foreign politicians, publications and organizations a full tub of criticism. Thus, Secretary General of the international non-governmental organization Reporters Without Borders Christophe Deloir said that he was outraged by the "revealed manipulation of the Ukrainian secret services in the framework of the information war they are conducting". Observer of the British newspaper Independent Independent Oliver Carroll in an author's article said that the staging puts confidence in Kiev in question.

Condemned by the Ukrainian authorities and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Arlem Desire. Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reinders said that the Ukrainian side should "request an explanation as to what really happened and what the process was". "Yes, we want the annexation of the Crimea to stop, we want to put an end to the problems with violence in the Donbass, but we also want reforms in Kiev, and in the framework of reforms it is necessary nevertheless to avoid being succumbed to by what you blame others for - fake news , such a kind of staged operations, "- said the politician. Reinders added that "it's amazing to observe such methods," raises questions and takes part in the incident of a journalist who must be objective and impartial. However, many in the West did not see anything reprehensible in this special operation. The Financial Times even praised the siloviki. "Murder" Babchenko was "in the spirit of the statement of Sherlock Holmes," which allowed the police to catch and the customer, and hired them to direct perpetrator, wrote edition. The meaning of the staging of the death of Arkady Babchenko was revealed today by the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko. "There was a task to make a dramatization of the murder of Arkady Babchenko in order to trace the connection between the organizer of this murder and the customers who were on the territory of Russia and fix it with methods of technical control," the politician said.. According to him, in order to prove the guilt of the organizer, the Ukrainian special services had to document "the fact of the organizer's reporting to the customers about the work done". "For this it was necessary to create a full impression of reality from the organizer, who was detained in Kiev, that this murder occurred. That's why the statements of official bodies were used, photos were published from the alleged Babchenko murder and many other things, "the deputy concluded..