Publisher to stop selling books by reporter who allegedly accepted money from Russia

BERLIN — A German publishing area mentioned Wednesday it will stop selling books about Russian President Vladimir Putin by an award-winning journalist following media studies that he allegedly gained a minimum of 600,000 euros ($651,000) in offshore bills connected to Russian resources.

Publisher Hoffmann und Campe mentioned in a observation it will not promote two non-fiction books about Putin by German journalist Hubert Seipel following studies by German mag Der Spiegel and public German Television ZDF, announcing it used to be no longer up to now acutely aware of the allegations.

The studies on Tuesday claimed that Seipel accepted money not directly connected to a sanctioned Russian oligarch to record Putin in a positive gentle within the printed books.

German public Television NDR, which had produced a documentary with Seipel in 2012 about Putin and aired his interviews with the Russian president prior to now, additionally mentioned it used to be taking into account felony motion towards the reporter.

The allegations, that have been additionally printed by different world media retailers together with The Guardian, are in keeping with information that emerged from the Cyprus Confidential monetary information data that have been leaked to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

The two books, are “Putin’s Power” from 2021, and “Putin. Interior views of a power” from 2015, the publishing area mentioned.

Der Spiegel and ZDF reported that once faced with the claims, Seipel denied ever receiving money from 3rd events for motion pictures or tv interviews.

At the similar time, in accordance to “Spiegel”, he’s mentioned to have said reinforce in regards to ebook tasks.

German Television NDR mentioned in a observation that “Seipel admitted to NDR that he had received money from Alexey Mordashov via two ‘sponsorship contracts’ in 2013 and 2018 and explained that it was for two book projects.”

Mordashov, believed to have shut ties to Putin, is one of the Russian oligarchs sanctioned by the United States, United Kingdom and the European Union after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in Feb. 2022.

NDR mentioned the reporter hadn’t disclosed those contracts on the time in their collaboration and that “the broadcaster sees this as a vital warfare of hobby that casts doubt on Seipel’s journalistic independence.”