German journalist Hubert Seipel received hundreds of thousands of euros from offshore companies associated with Alexei Mordashov, a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin.
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Hubert Seipel received hundreds of thousands of euros from offshore companies associated with Alexei Mordashov
Hubert Seipel received at least 600,000 euros in secret offshore payments from companies linked to Alexei Mordashov
The payments were intended to support work on two books about Putin
Hubert Seipel received 600,000 euros from a Cyprus-based company linked to Alexei Mordashov
Hubert Seipel met with Putin 'hundreds of times'
Seipel wrote books portraying Putin in a favorable light including 'Putin: Inside Views of Power' (2015) and 'Putin's Power: Why Europe Needs Russia' (2021)
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