Alina Lipp
 Alina Lipp  (journalist, politician) | |
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| Born | 1986 |
| Nationality | German |
Alina Lipp is a German independent journalist and former Green Party politician living in eastern Ukraine’s Donbass area who has been labelled a Russian terrorist, harassed, and criminally charged by German authorities for her pro-Russian reporting.
Alina Lipp, born to a German mother and a Russian father, has lived in Donetsk for the past six months and has seen her bank account frozen and raided for €1,600 without further explanation. German authorities say that she may not defend herself in court as that may thwart the investigation.
Lipp raised eyebrows in March 2022, shortly after the Russian invasion, which both she and President Vladimir Putin calls a de-Nazification operation, over comments she made in a video that there were no atrocities committed by the Russians and that the Ukrainian hostilities against its own (Russian speaking) citizens over the past eight years should be highlighted.[1] She reported that the Donbass locals regarded the Russian troops as liberators.[2]
Despite the charges against her, Alina Lipp plans to continue reporting from Donetsk, which she said is being shelled daily by the Ukrainian armed forces. Reporting in Ukraine is tightly restricted and those who deviate from the Kiev line do so at serious risk to their safety.
Canadian journalist Eva Bartlett, who has also been reporting from the Donbass region, says she has been placed on a government kill list.
In May 2014, Italian photojournalist Andrea Rocchelli was shot dead by Ukrainian soldiers in the east of the country.[3]
On 27 June 2022, Roderick tweeted:
Julian Assange warned us! Independent German journalist #AlinaLipp has been in Donbass for 6 months reporting what she sees: the execution of innocent people by Kiev forces. Now she’s facing 3 years in a “free speech” German prison. Open your eyes folks![4]
References
- ↑ "German Journalist Criminally Charged, Bank Account Seized, for Deviating From the Official Narrative on Ukraine"
- ↑ "Journalist Inside Eastern Ukraine:'People Here Are Extremely Grateful Russia Finally Did Something'"
- ↑ "German journalist faces three years prison over reporting from eastern Ukraine"
- ↑ "Independent German journalist #AlinaLipp has been in Donbass for 6 months reporting what she sees: the execution of innocent people by Kiev forces"
