[neic]

No. The story says (emphasis mine):

> Babchenko said that his wife Olechka and his children were aware of the plan, but he publicly apologised to her at the press conference. "Olechka, I am terribly sorry," he said, "but there were no other options".

[dev_north_east]

Ah, they didn't have that bit in the first draft of the story linked here.