{{Short description|German social media influencer}} {{Expand German|Alina Lipp|date=January 2025|topic=bio}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Alina Lipp | image = Алина Липп (cropped).jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Lipp in 2022 | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|28|2022|04|08}}<ref name=":0" /> | birth_place = Hamburg, Germany | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''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.<ref name=":0" />
Lipp created her YouTube channel, {{lang|de|Glücklich auf der Krim}} (English: Happy in Crimea) in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Müller |first=Yasmin |date=24 April 2024 |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 |archive-date=7 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250107030428/https://www.watson.ch/international/russland/574776026-pro-russland-bloggerin-alina-lipp-postet-nicht-mehr |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Bau |first=Matthias |date=8 April 2022 |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 |archive-date=7 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250107030427/https://correctiv.org/faktencheck/hintergrund/2022/04/08/alina-lipp-wie-eine-28-jaehrige-zum-sprachrohr-russischer-propaganda-wurde/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kurianowicz |first=Tomasz |date=17 March 2023 |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 |archive-date=27 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250527222625/https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/news/berlin-pankow-filmvorfuehrung-mit-alina-lipp-in-der-brotfabrik-abgesagt-li.328817 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wienand |first=Lars |date=15 June 2022 |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}}</ref>
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.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=19 September 2023 |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}}</ref>
== Personal life == Lipp grew up in Northern Germany and is the daughter of a Russian immigrant father and a German mother.<ref name=":1" /> She studied sustainability at Lüneburg University.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moody |first=Oliver |date=10 January 2023 |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}}</ref>
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