German journalist Hubert Seipel was expelled from the journalists’ union for receiving money from Russia. He writes about this Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
“The association of journalists Netzwerk Recherche has expelled journalist and Vladimir Putin biographer Hubert Seipel from its ranks,” the document states.
The organisation claims that Seipel was paid 600,000 euros in November last year, but it did not say on what basis the union reached this conclusion.
In November 2023 became knownIt has been reported that legal action has been initiated in Germany following reports that Hubert Seipel, who interviewed Putin, “received a fee from Russia”.
Seipel’s former employer, the NDR television and radio company, said the pre-trial check on the documentarian was a conflict of interest.
The company’s press service stressed that they will carefully consider all processes and the situation surrounding the order and sale of films shot by a journalist for NDR. The verification will be carried out by Der Spiegel’s editor-in-chief Steffen Klusmann, they stressed.
Previously in the USA stated About Putin’s openness to discussing issues related to Ukraine.