# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andrei-babitsky
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:16:33.748Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andrei-babitsky"
name: "Andrei Babitsky"
slug: "andrei-babitsky"
description: "Andrei Maratovich Babitsky was a Russian journalist and war reporter, who worked for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) from 1989 to 2014, covering the 1991 August Coup, Civil War in Tajikistan and 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 was condemned by Russian government, as Basayev was on wanted terrorist list in Russia."
tagline: "Russian journalist (1964-2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2015-08-19._%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_001_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1964-09-26"
deathDate: "2022-04-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.32
  momentum:             5.913550151614245
  historical:           9.0603
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "اندرى بابيتسكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Babitski"
    title: "Andrei Babitski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrej_Maratovi%C4%8D_Babickij"
    title: "Andrej Maratovič Babickij"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Babitsky"
    title: "Andrei Babitsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre%C3%AF_Babitski"
    title: "Andreï Babitski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%2C_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Бабицкий, Андрей Маратович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrej_Babicki"
    title: "Andrej Babicki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Babitsky"
    title: "Andrei Babitsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Бабицький Андрій Маратович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Maratovich_Babitsky"
    title: "Andrei Maratovich Babitsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q922552"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump