Frederik Bjerre AndersenDec 21, 2022
Lotte Folke

This is bad: One of Denmark’s finest foreign correspondents, Matilde Kimer of the public broadcaster DR, was banned from Russia first and now from Ukraine. Both sides accuse her of propaganda for the other side. What she does is fearless, professional journalism #pressfreedom #journalism #UkraineWar #ukraine #russia #censorship

https://journalisten.dk/vred-og-saaret-mathilde-kimer-naegtet-adgang-til-at-arbejde-i-ukraine/

Vred og såret Matilde Kimer nægtet adgang til at arbejde i Ukraine - Journalisten

DR’s Cavling-nominerede korrespondent Matilde Kimer har fået frataget sin presseakkreditering og dermed sin mulighed for at arbejde fra Ukraine. Det står endeligt klart efter et møde tidligere i december, hvor den ukrainske sikkerhedstjeneste beskyldte Matilde Kimer for at bedrive propaganda for fjenden. Det fortæller hun selv til Journalisten og DR. ”Jeg var vred og såret […]

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Dec 19, 2022 at 5:45pmWeb
Show threadLotte FolkeJan 4, 2023

Important and good news: Danish correspondent Matilde Kimer has her accreditation back in Ukraine, according to her employer, Denmark’s public service broadcaster DR. Now only Russia won’t allow her to work

https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/udland/ukrainsk-kovending-efter-beskyldninger-om-russisk-propaganda-matilde-kimer-maa-igen

#journalism #media #ukraine #pressfreedom

Ukrainsk kovending efter beskyldninger om russisk propaganda: Matilde Kimer må igen arbejde som journalist i landet

DR's Rusland- og Ukraine-korrespondent har fået sin presseakkreditering tilbage.

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Show threadTazorJan 4, 2023

@lottefolke

Woohoo, justice! Glad that Ukraine realised their mistake and corrected it.

Show threadTazorDec 19, 2022

@lottefolke

This is simply not okay.
Matilde Kimer has risked her life making sure that the Danish people got the most accurate information about the war in Ukraine and thus making sure that the Danish people support the aid going to Ukraine.
And this is the reward?

I don't know if Ukraine understand how journalism works in Denmark, but our journalists are not propaganda puppets for any side or state.

#pressfreedom #ukraine

Show threadColin RosenthalDec 19, 2022
@lottefolke This is a serious error from the Ukrainian authorities.
Show threadMorten KjeldgaardDec 20, 2022
@lottefolke Matilde Kimer er muligvis frygtløs og redelig journalist, men hendes fascination og kærlighed til Rusland, dets kultur, sprog og folk finder forståeligt nok ikke forståelse i Ukraine. Mens de ser deres befolkning myrdet, voldtaget, og deres byer bombet er russisk kultur nok ikke lige det der vækker begejstring og Moskvakontoret er nok ikke lige det de mener der er brug for at rapportere.
Show threadLotte FolkeDec 20, 2022
@mok0 men det er jo så heller ikke det hun rapporterer.
Show threadMorten KjeldgaardDec 20, 2022
@lottefolke Moskvakontoret?
Show threadTove H. Malloy ✅Dec 20, 2022
@mok0 @lottefolke Kilmer er bestemt en lødig journalist. Ingen tvivl om det. Hun er formentligt offer for den af-russificering der har foregået siden 2014. Den blev før krigen og bliver formentligt stadig indoktrineret stærkt, især i offentlige instanser og regeringskontorer.
Show threadMorten KjeldgaardDec 20, 2022
@malloy @lottefolke "Afrussificering", hvad snakker du om? FSB talking points. Ukrainerne er dobbeltsprogede.
Show threadTove H. Malloy ✅Dec 20, 2022
@mok0 @lottefolke
Den tidligere regering under Poroshenko vedtog en række love der har til formål at fjerne russisk og russisk kultur fra det offentlige rum. Alle offentlige instanser og regeringskontorer blev påbudt kun at tale ukrainsk. Lyd og billede medier må ikke sende mere end 40% på russisk. Grundskoleundervisning må kun foregå på ukrainsk. Man forsøgte også at ændre forfatningen så russisk blev degraderet til et mindretalssprog. Det kom dog ikke forbi forfatningsdomstolen.
Show threadMorten KjeldgaardDec 20, 2022
@malloy @lottefolke Zelenskyy’s modersmål er russisk. Du plaprer bare løs af Putins propaganda, som blev kørt op af Igor Girkin da han først kom fra Moskva og pustede liv i de yderste højrenationalister i Donbas og med hjælp af det russiske militær startede et væbnet oprør.
Show threadTove H. Malloy ✅Dec 21, 2022
@lottefolke @mok0 Det er hårde facts. De nævnte lovtiltag kan findes på Radas hjemmeside, og Europarådets kritik af samme findes på Venedig-kommissionens hjemmeside. Forbud mod russisk har jeg selv oplevet ved møder i Kyiv efter 2014. Vi blev bedt om kun at tale ukrainsk eller engelsk. Russisk som kommunikationssprog er af gode grunde ikke længere ønsket i offentlige fora. Det ændre ikke på det faktum, at mange har det som modersmål. Intet er sort og hvidt 🤓
Show threadBo LidegaardDec 22, 2022
@lottefolke #pressfreedom #ukraine #UkraineWar agree Lotte. The hallmark of Matilde Kimer’s journalism is to let local people speak, allowing us to meet the human face of the war. Always dignified, never sensational. Journalism at its best. In November Matilde Kimer received the prestigious Ebbe Munck price of honour for her “insightful and courageous reporting from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine”, handed over by HM Queen Margrethe.
Show thread73 million secondsDec 22, 2022

@bolidegaard @lottefolke Not familiar with her work regarding Ukraine but traveling to Donetsk/Crimea does raise some questions, I guess that was before the war in which case it is of course still something journalists should have been able to do. Are there any articles published by her or others that provide additional context?

I do think it's not really realistic to compare the journalistic standards of a country at war to one that is not but of course that's not saying this isn't wrong.

Show threadTazorDec 22, 2022

@73ms @bolidegaard @lottefolke

Why does it raise questions if she travelled to Donetsk/Crimea? She is a journalist, how is she supposed to do her job without talking to people and following up on stories?

Show threadLotte FolkeDec 22, 2022
@Tazor @73ms @bolidegaard . Travelling to Donbass and everywhere else I’m Ukraine and Russia and the war zone is her job as the chief correspondent covering the conflict. She works for Denmark’s public service broadcaster so there are thousands of pieces of her reporting in tv, radio and digital on their homepage Dr.dk
Show thread73 million secondsDec 22, 2022
@Tazor @bolidegaard @lottefolke Because western journalists have typically not had access to those regions, especially not after the 2022 war started. Reporting has exclusively been by Russian state-associated actors. During the war in Donbass Simon Ostrovsky was kidnapped for a while when doing reporting in the area for example.
Show threadTazorDec 22, 2022

@73ms @bolidegaard @lottefolke

That still doesn't answer why it is suspicious that she was there.

Yes, it is dangerous for journalists to be anywhere in Ukraine, she knows that and accepts the risk. The idea that she was peddling Russian propaganda is absurd to anyone who actually knows her & her reporting.

Show thread73 million secondsDec 22, 2022

@Tazor @bolidegaard @lottefolke How does it not answer it. Like I said being able to go there many times is highly unusual because real journalists typically can't. We've seen Russian troops kill more than 10 western journalists during this war IIRC.

Again, I said right away that I don't know her reporting and that it doesn't mean someone who has done that automatically has to be working for the Russians or anything like that. Ukraine is far from perfect when it comes to freedom of the press.

Show thread73 million secondsDec 22, 2022
@Tazor @bolidegaard @lottefolke That's not to say it is impossible and certainly very courageous of her if she's been able to do reporting there but the people in power there being so hostile towards real journalists means it warrants a closer look if someone has been able to travel there a lot.
Show threadLotte FolkeDec 22, 2022
@73ms @Tazor @bolidegaard everyone can take a closer look every day, she published on Denmark’s largest media platform with the ressources that come from that.
Show threadLotte FolkeDec 22, 2022
@73ms @Tazor @bolidegaard *publishes*
Show thread73 million secondsDec 22, 2022
@lottefolke @Tazor @bolidegaard Despite what I said and even though I have limited knowledge of this I'm inclined to think the Ukrainian officials are most likely in the wrong here based on what I have seen. I understand the Danish FM is going to raise her issue with the Ukrainians so hopefully it gets sorted out. I do wonder what she has reported that has drawn the ire of the Ukrainian SBU.
Show threadTazorDec 22, 2022

@73ms @lottefolke @bolidegaard

I think it is combination of a mistake and being over-cautious. Totally understandable that they are vigilant, but they should reach out to the journalists and origin countries to check their information.