Russian state journalist killed by ‘stray bullet’ at Crimea baseSvetlana Babayeva was head of the Rossiya Segodnya media group’s bureau in Simferopol, Crimea’s second-largest city.A Russian female journalist working for a leading Kremlin-backed media group has died in a shooting accident at a military training ground in Russian-occupied Crimea, Moscow-installed officials and state media outlets have reported.Babayeva was previously bureau chief for RIA Novosti in the United Kingdom and United States, and editor of the Gazeta.Ru website, the agency said.pic.twitter.com/p99LAAqnLR— Газета.Ru (@GazetaRu) October 28, 2022Russia continued its crackdown on independent journalists on Friday declaring Natalya Sindeyeva, head of the TV channel Dozhd, a “foreign agent” along with two journalist colleagues.Dozhd wound up its Russia operations and suspended broadcasting from Russia with an emotional show on March 3, less than two weeks after Moscow invaded Ukraine."