Russian oligarch secretly funded journalist's Putin book, documents show
Elahe Izadi, Timo Schober, Bastian Obermayer, Frederik Obermaier & Kate BradyThe Washington Post
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.
What was not disclosed at the time - either to his readers or…
