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Alina Lipp is a German
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and self-described independent journalist. She is known for spreading pro-Russian disinformation about the Russian invasion of Ukraine online, including on YouTube and
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Career

Lipp began her career as an activist with the
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. Lipp claims to have left the party in 2016, after her first stay in
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. The Greens claim Lipp was a member of the party from 2015 until her withdrawal in 2020. Lipp created her YouTube channel, (English: Happy in
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) in 2019. She created her Telegram, (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
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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-
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propaganda. Screenings of Lipp's documentaries, "" (English: "In Search of the Truth") and "" (English: "
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: The Origin of the Conflict"), at the Brotfabrik in
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prompted protests resulting in the cancellation of the screenings. Since 2022, Lipp has been investigated by the
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and
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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. A three-part documentary series about Lipp and her spreading of disinformation, ''The Princess of Disinformation –'' (English: ''The Princess of Disinformation – Alina Lipp and Putin's War''), aired on
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in 2023.


Personal life

Lipp grew up in
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and is the daughter of a Russian immigrant father and a German mother. She studied sustainability at
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