Journalist Alina Lipp accused of spreading Russian propaganda
German authorities are investigating Putin's German info warrior Alina Lipp because of her postings on the Ukraine war. The accusation: With her contributions she is said to have rewarded or approved of war crimes. This is punishable by a fine or imprisonment of up to three years. Authorities also seized money she received as donations.
A German journalist living in eastern Ukraine has been sentenced to three years in prison without trial by the German government for interviewing Ukrainian citizens and reporting her findings. pic.twitter.com/rhJrkAEYYG
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According to information from t-online, there have been several criminal charges against Alina Lipp since February. The Lüneburg public prosecutor's office then took up the investigation. A few days ago, the public prosecutor's office in Göttingen took over the case - the central office for hate crime on the Internet is located there. The investigation has not yet been completed.
According to the public prosecutor's office, Alina Lipp constantly shows her solidarity with Russia's war against Ukraine. It is about a large number of contributions that she regularly posts on social networks. The investigators apparently name two as examples: On February 24, she happily wrote on Telegram: "The denazification has begun," and on March 12, she spoke in a video about the Russian troops liberating regions affected by "genocide."
150,000 subscribers on Telegram
The public prosecutor apparently considers the statements suitable to heat up the climate in Germany and to dissolve social cohesion due to at least distorted, partly untruthful representations. Aline Lipp has 150,000 subscribers to the Telegram messenger service, and her posts are also shared in "Querdenker" circles [the movement against the anti-Covid restrictions]. In her opinion pieces and her impressions of people's lives in Donbass, she also mixed foreign articles with untruths, which she partially deleted again after they were discovered. For example, she spread the fictitious story that a young Russian man had been killed by Ukrainian refugees.
Lipp had already indicated a few days ago that there could be investigations against her. She had reported outraged that the German authorities had simply debited money from her without informing her. The public prosecutor's office had told t-online that Lipp had of course been informed - via her registration address in Lüneburg.
The DKV-Bank booked just over 1,600 euros from its German account to another account, where it is kept. The public prosecutor confirms that there was a corresponding order. The money was therefore confiscated as it is considered that it was obtained through a criminal offense.
Donation money is secured
And the authorities establish this connection: the money seized is apparently donations that Alina Lipp is asking for to support her propaganda work. She describes herself as an independent journalist. The German authorities apparently wanted to ensure that the money did not seep into Russian accounts.
After the war began, Lipp had already transferred a large sum of money from Germany to her account with a Russian bank that was not affected by sanctions. Paypal has closed her account, and an account belonging to her Russian father, who lives in Crimea, has apparently also been blocked.
The German has been living in Ukraine since last year, has spent time in Crimea, which was annexed by Russia , and has been living mainly in Donetsk since last autumn. She was also regularly in Russia for TV appearances or conferences.
Lipp explained to t-online that the message from the German authorities only reached her registration address after a request from t-online. Now Lipp went public and showed the letter. This publication of official documents from a criminal case before the trial could bring her another criminal case.
Apparently she has not familiarized herself with the criminal law or is deliberately misrepresenting it. In a video about the investigation, she explains that the "partisan judiciary" wants to punish her for violating an "unwritten law". "Freedom of expression" is being fought, according to Lipp, which itself uses the terms "special operation" and "special operation" for the Russian attack.
In fact, rewarding or condoning crimes is regulated by the Criminal Code, and the Lipp-backed Russian invasion undoubtedly constitutes a crime under international criminal law, according to experts.
Source: T-Online
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