Russian propagandist Svetlana Babayeva, who headed the Simferopol branch of Rossiya Segodnya media, died in the temporarily occupied Crimea. This is reported by Russian media.

It is noted that Babaeva died "as a result of an accident at one of the training grounds in the Crimea, where she was engaged in military sports shooting."

Another propagandist Margarita Simonyan reacted to the death of Babayeva:

“We discussed with her how we will develop in new territories yesterday. Oh, Sveta, Sveta, how can it be.”

Babayeva worked in Putin's presidential pool, was the editor-in-chief of the propaganda site Gazeta.ru.

In 2004-2006, she headed the representative office of RIA Novosti in the UK, and in 2008-2012 she was the editor-in-chief of the agency's bureau in the United States. She also worked as deputy editor-in-chief of the Moscow News newspaper, and editor-in-chief of the Profile magazine.

According to Russian media, the propagandist died from a "stray bullet." Information about this was confirmed by her immediate superior, propagandist Dmitry Kiselev.