'' Der Spiegel-Profil'' (in Ukrainian, Der Spiegel-Профiль) was a Ukrainian weekly
magazine
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, published in
Kyiv
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, started in 2007 and shuttered in 2008 due to being financially unsustainable.
Overview
The first edition of the ''Der Spiegel-Profil'' was published in
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
. Its release was sponsored by the Russian company (
Rodionov Publishing House
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). From the first edition
Mikhail Leontyev
Mikhail Vladimirovich Leontyev (russian: Михаи́л Влади́мирович Лео́нтьев; born 12 October 1958) is a Russian political commentator currently working on national TV Channel One (Russia), Channel One. He is known for h ...
held the position of editor-in-chief and from the very start the publication has been headquartered in
Moscow
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because the Ukrainian government banned Leontyev from visiting the country for five years, referring to his "insulting statements" towards
Ukraine
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.
''Der Spiegel-Profil'' was similar in style and layout to both licensers, German
Der Spiegel
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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'').
See also
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List of magazines in Ukraine
This is a list of magazines in Ukraine.
According to law, that went into force on 16 January 2022, all print media in Ukraine must be published in the state language, Ukrainian. This rule does not apply to material published exclusively in Crime ...
References
External links
Official site the magazine's online version
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2007 establishments in Ukraine
2008 disestablishments in Ukraine
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