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After President Biden made international news for agreeing in a 2021 televised interview that Vladimir Putin was "a killer," a German news service asked journalist Hubert Seipel for his expert take. Seipel, who happened to have just published a book about Russia, agreed to share his opinion.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. What was not disclosed at the time - either to his readers or the fellow journalists who turned t

Hubert Seipel has written books portraying Putin in a favourable light. We now know he received 600,000 euros from a close ally of the Russian president.

Cyprus Confidential: ICIJ-led investigation reveals how Mediterranean island ignores Russian atrocities and western sanctions to cash in on Putin’s oligarchs

Cyprus has long drawn criticism for providing offshore financial services for people associated with corrupt regimes and businesses.

The revelation that the broadcaster Hubert Seipel received hundreds of thousands of euros from an oligarch is stirring worries in Germany that Russia is using an old playbook to promote its interests.