'' Der Spiegel-Profil'' (in Ukrainian, Der Spiegel-Профiль) was a Ukrainian weekly

magazine A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally fin ...

, published in

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

, started in 2007 and shuttered in 2008 due to being financially unsustainable.

Overview

The first edition of the ''Der Spiegel-Profil'' was published in

. Its release was sponsored by the Russian company (

Rodionov Publishing House Rodionov Publishing House () (IDR, Izdatelsky Dom Rodionova) was a publishing house based in Moscow that owned several magazine titles whose publications occupied a leading position in the group of monthly business and financial publications in R ...

). From the first edition

Mikhail Leontyev Mikhail Vladimirovich Leontyev (; born 12 October 1958) is a Russian political commentator currently working on national TV Channel One. He is known for his program "''Odnako''" () (Translated "However" or "Still"), irregularly appearing on a ...

held the position of editor-in-chief and from the very start the publication has been headquartered in

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

because the Ukrainian government banned Leontyev from visiting the country for five years, referring to his "insulting statements" towards

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

. ''Der Spiegel-Profil'' was similar in style and layout to both licensers, German

Der Spiegel (, , stylized in all caps) is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. With a weekly circulation of about 724,000 copies in 2022, it is one of the largest such publications in Europe. It was founded in 1947 by John Seymour Chaloner ...

and Russian ''Профиль'' (spells like ''Profil'').

Controversy

More notable has been a series of articles in 'Profil', a weekly news magazine published in partnership with leading German weekly 'Der Spiegel'. Editor Mikhail Leontev has taken to pushing the 'renewal of empire' line. In the latest issue, he gave space to Dugin; since the Georgian conflict, four prominent mainstream analysts have written articles promoting the notion of Russia as an empire.

In this particular regard, Germany, namely the influential Hamburg magazine DER SPIEGEL, does play a rather dubious role: DER SPIEGEL lends its name and reputation to one of Moscow’s major publication projects in Ukraine - the infamous weekly “Der Spiegel - Profil”. This coloured high-circulation journal is edited by Mikhail Leontev, a well-known Russian anti-Western propagandist, former “persona non grata” in Ukraine, founding member of neo-fascist Alexander Dugin’s “Eurasia” Movement, etc. One could argue though that the primitiveness of “Der Spiegel – Profil’s” anti-Ukrainianism has the unintended effect of supporting pro-NATO forces in Ukraine (reminding the ambivalent repercussions of transmissions in Ukraine of the dubious television reports from Kyiv by Russian TV “journalists”). And, DER SPIEGEL, it appears, is assisting in this. Yet, this would be a strange way, indeed, for German journalists to contribute to further improvement of relations between Ukraine and the West.

Development

Like nearly all magazines, ''Der Spiegel-Profil'' suffered from a decline in advertising during the 2008 recession. Publisher ended its one-year print run for magazine, due to economic difficulties and kept only online version (terminating license agreement with German magazine ''Der Spiegel'').

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External links

Official site
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Overview

Controversy

Development

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