Russian journalist Babchenko turns up alive after reported murder

KIEV, May 30 (Reuters) - A Russian dissident journalist who was reported murdered in Kiev dramatically reappeared alive and well on Wednesday in the middle of a briefing about the killing by the Ukrainian state security service.

The head of the security service said it had received information about a Russian plot to kill Kremlin critic Arkady Babchenko and managed to prevent it.

Babchenko thanked the Ukrainian security service for saving his life.

(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; writing by Matthias Williams; editing by John Stonestreet)