Influential author and broadcaster Hubert Seipel received financial support for his work on two books described by many as sympathetic to Russian president
He is called a “top German journalist” because writing bad stories about Germany sells and so he must be made important to make this a good story. In Germany he’s actually one of the top (and few) journalists concerning stories about Russia and that’s it… one obviously often criticised for his work and doing very litte else than covering Russia for quite some time.
Once upon a time (so up to 20 years ago) he however won some awards for documentaries, the last one being for the world-first tv interview with Snowden in Russia in 2014. (Also back then he was already asked about getting money from Russia for more favorable reporting -and denied it- so a decade ago people already knew what his “reporting” is actually worth.)
He is called a “top German journalist” because writing bad stories about Germany sells and so he must be made important to make this a good story. In Germany he’s actually one of the top (and few) journalists concerning stories about Russia and that’s it… one obviously often criticised for his work and doing very litte else than covering Russia for quite some time.
Once upon a time (so up to 20 years ago) he however won some awards for documentaries, the last one being for the world-first tv interview with Snowden in Russia in 2014. (Also back then he was already asked about getting money from Russia for more favorable reporting -and denied it- so a decade ago people already knew what his “reporting” is actually worth.)