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Gabriele Krone-Schmalz (born 8 November 1949 in Lam, District of Cham, Bavaria) is a German broadcast journalist and author.

Biography

With an academic background in Eastern European history, political science, and

Slavic studies Slavic (American English) or Slavonic (British English) studies, also known as Slavistics is the academic field of area studies concerned with Slavic areas, languages, literature, history, and culture. Originally, a Slavist or Slavicist was prim ...

, Krone-Schmalz holds a doctorate in history and political science. Since 1976, she has worked primarily for various radio and television broadcasts of the West German broadcasting company

Westdeutscher Rundfunk Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln (''West German Broadcasting Cologne''; WDR, ) is a German public-broadcasting institution based in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a constituent member of the conso ...

. Krone-Schmalz worked at the Moscow studio of ARD broadcasting from 1987 to 1992. Between 1992 and 1997, she hosted the world culture programming of the ARD. Since then, she has been self-employed as a freelance journalist. Krone-Schmalz is also known for her involvement with the philanthropic work on behalf of orphans in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. She is the author of several books on Russia. In 2008 she was awarded with the prestigious

Pushkin Medal The Medal of Pushkin (russian: медаль Пушкина) is a state decoration of the Russian Federation awarded to its citizens and to foreigners for achievements in the arts and culture, education, humanities and literature. It is named in h ...

of the Russian Federation. She is sometimes described as

Putinversteher Putinversteher or Putin-Versteher, female form Putinversteherin, integrated form Putinversteher*in, is a German neologism and a political buzzword ( ''Putin'' + ''verstehen''), which literally translates "Putin understander", i.e., "one who unde ...

and as a "mouthpiece of Putin's propaganda".

Books

* 1993: ''Russland wird nicht untergehen...'' (Russia Will Not Stand Down), ECON Verlag, * 2000: ''An Russland muss man einfach glauben. Meine Moskauer Jahre.'' (You Simply Must Believe in Russia. My Years in Moscow), ECON-Verlag, * 2007: ''Was passiert in Russland'' (What Is Happening in Russia), Herbig-Verlag, 1. Auflage, 29. September 2007, * 2015: ''Russland verstehen: Der Kampf um die Ukraine und die Arroganz des Westens'' (Understanding Russia: The Battle for Ukraine and the Arrogance of the West),

Career recognition

* 1987

Adolf-Grimme-Preis The Grimme-Preis ("Grimme Award"; prior to 2011: Adolf-Grimme-Preis) is one of the most prestigious German television awards. It is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme.Hildegard von Bingen Prize for Journalism * 1997 Waldschmidt Prize of the Bavarian Forest Association * 1997

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (german: Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or , BVO) is the only federal decoration of Germany. It is awarded for special achievements in political, economic, cultural, intellect ...

, 1st class * 2008

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