TOP GERMAN INFLUENCER CAUGHT TAKING 600,000 EURO BRIBE FROM PUTIN

Seipel: "Putin, bro, remember to pay me in Euros, not shitty roubles, K?"

Russian shills and their useful idiots always try to accuse Neokrat of being paranoid and delusional when we claim that Russia constantly tries to buy influence in the media and social media. But we always come up with the evidence and highlight new cases like that of top German journalist Hubert Seipel, whom, it has now been revealed, received a fee of over 600,000 euros from Alexei Mordashov – a close confidant of Putin.

As reported by German news site Bild: 

"According to research by ZDF and SPIEGEL, Seipel signed a sponsorship deal with Mordashev's Caribbean shell company "De Vere Worldwide Corporation" in March 2018: Seipel's planned book ('Putin's Power. Why Europe Needs Russia', published in 2021) is to be funded with the sum ('support the development of the project;).

A note on the contract also indicates, writes ZDF, 'that Seipel had already signed a similar contract in 2013' – which the ARD man does not deny.

Seipel has admitted to the payments, reports ZDF. He insisted, however, that the Kremlin money had no influence on his ARD reports or books.

Seipel's ARD portrait of Putin (2012) and an exclusive interview with the Kremlin leader (2014) already earned the author plenty of ridicule, because Seipel does not ask any critical questions. The interview was even broadcast by Russian state TV. His 2012 book ('Putin's Power. Why Europe needs Russia') was slammed in the 'Süddeutsche Zeitung' with the subtitle: 'Hubert Seipel makes himself an advocate for Russia's president – for example by omitting facts.'"

Siepel, of course, was one of the top shills employed to tell us that Russia was NOT about to invade the Ukraine a few days before the actual invasion: 

"On 'Maischberger' at the end of January 2022, he declared that NATO had 'surrounded' Putin. Fear of war is absurd: 'We live in hysteria', Putin will not risk a war.

And even on the eve of the Ukraine invasion (February 24, 2022), Seipel – also on 'Maischberger' – whistled faithfully to Moscow: The Russian build-up on the Ukrainian border was merely 'a mixture of diplomatic offensive and military muscle-flexing'."

It looks like Siepel might now have to part with some of his Putibucks:

"The NDR, which is responsible for Seipel, promised to clarify the allegations. In the case of a 'payment to influence an author', the NDR sees 'itself and its audience deceived'. In the evening, the broadcaster announced that it saw 'a significant conflict of interest that casts doubt on Seipel's journalistic independence.' NDR director Joachim Knuth announced that he would consider legal action against the journalist."

The documents proving this well-concealed payment come from the "Cyprus Confidential" leaks of 3.6 million documents from six firms in Cyprus, dating mostly from the mid-1990s to April 2022—two months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine. More revelations are expected in due course as this vast dump is processed and investigated by hard-working journalists who haven't been bribed by Putin.