Alina Lipp
{{Short description|German social media influencer}}
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Alina Lipp is a German social media influencer and self-described independent journalist. She is known for spreading pro-Russian disinformation about the Russian invasion of Ukraine online, including on YouTube and Telegram.
Career
Lipp began her career as an activist with the German Green party. Lipp claims to have left the party in 2016, after her first stay in Crimea. The Greens claim Lipp was a member of the party from 2015 until her withdrawal in 2020.
Lipp created her YouTube channel, {{lang|de|Glücklich auf der Krim}} (English: Happy in Crimea) in 2019.{{Cite web |last=Müller |first=Yasmin |date=2024-04-24 |title=Pro-Russland-Blogger sterben gerade reihenweise – und jetzt ist Alina Lipp verschwunden |url=https://www.watson.ch/international/russland/574776026-pro-russland-bloggerin-alina-lipp-postet-nicht-mehr |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Watson |language=de}} She created her Telegram, {{lang|de|Neues aus Russland}} (English: News from Russia) in 2021, sharing content in both Russian and German. In addition to her own accounts, Lipp has appeared on a variety of right-wing alternative media outlets. On her social media accounts, she has positioned herself as a war correspondent, delivering news of the war with a pro-Russian spin, including pro-Putin propaganda.{{Cite web |last=Bau |first=Matthias |date=2022-04-08 |title=Alina Lipp: Wie eine 28-Jährige zum Sprachrohr russischer Propaganda wurde |url=https://correctiv.org/faktencheck/hintergrund/2022/04/08/alina-lipp-wie-eine-28-jaehrige-zum-sprachrohr-russischer-propaganda-wurde/ |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=correctiv.org |language=de-DE}} Screenings of Lipp's documentaries, "{{lang|de|Auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit}}" (English: "In Search of the Truth") and "{{lang|de|Donbass: Der Ursprung des Konflikts}}" (English: "Donbas: The Origin of the Conflict"), at the Brotfabrik in Pankow prompted protests resulting in the cancellation of the screenings.{{Cite web |last=Kurianowicz |first=Tomasz |date=2023-03-17 |title=Berlin-Pankow: Vorführung von Alina-Lipp-Filmen in der Brotfabrik abgesagt |url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/news/berlin-pankow-filmvorfuehrung-mit-alina-lipp-in-der-brotfabrik-abgesagt-li.328817 |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Berliner Zeitung |language=de}}
Since 2022, Lipp has been investigated by the Lüneburg and Göttingen public prosecutors' offices for publicly supporting the commission of criminal acts, specifically with relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. She has framed these investigations as an attack on free speech, a claim which has been repeated by right wing media outlets.{{Cite web |last=Wienand |first=Lars |date=2022-06-15 |title=Putins deutsches Sprachrohr Alina Lipp: Behörden ermitteln wegen Kriegspropaganda |url=https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/ausland/id_92326694/putins-deutsches-sprachrohr-alina-lipp-behoerden-ermitteln-wegen-kriegspropaganda-.html |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=t-online |language=de}}
A three-part documentary series about Lipp and her spreading of disinformation, The Princess of Disinformation – {{lang|de|Alina Lipp und Putins Krieg}} (English: The Princess of Disinformation – Alina Lipp and Putin's War), aired on ZDF in 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-19 |title=Pro-Putin-Propagandistin: ZDF-Dokuserie über die Influencerin Alina Lipp |trans-title=Pro-Putin-Propagandist: ZDF Documentary Series About the Influencer Alina Lipp |url=https://www.berlin.de/politische-bildung/politikportal/blog/artikel.1366487.php |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=Berlin.de |language=de}}{{Cite web |last=Heyden |first=Ulrich |date=2023-09-10 |title="Prinzessin der Desinformation": Warum das ZDF 90 Minuten für Alina Lipp opfert |url=https://overton-magazin.de/top-story/prinzessin-der-desinformation-warum-das-zdf-90-minuten-fuer-alina-lipp-opfert/ |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=overton-magazin.de |language=de}}
Personal life
Lipp grew up in Northern Germany and is the daughter of a Russian immigrant father and a German mother. She studied sustainability at Lüneburg University.{{Cite web |last=Moody |first=Oliver |date=2023-01-10 |title=German social media influencer parrots pro-Russian propaganda |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/article/german-social-media-influencer-parrots-pro-russian-propaganda-m39xxhfll |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=The Times |language=en}}
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