US EditionDerk Sauer, Moscow Times Founder and Dutch Media Entrepreneur, Dies at 72
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, JUL 31 – Derk Sauer, 72, led Moscow Times’ move to Amsterdam amid Russian repression and supported independent Russian media in exile, a key figure in post-Soviet publishing.
- On Thursday, Dutch journalist and entrepreneur Derk Sauer died at 72, Het Parool reported, having built a publishing empire in post-Soviet Russia.
- He underwent treatment in Athens and Amsterdam hospitals following a sailing accident in Greece last month, but the treatments were unsuccessful.
- Derk Sauer founded Independent Media in 1992 with Dutch investors, launching The Moscow Times and introducing Cosmopolitan and Esquire to Russian readers.
- His death marks the end of an era for Western media ventures in Russia, and Femke Halsema paid tribute on Thursday, saying `Such an inspired and courageous person, such a kind man.`
- After Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine, Sauer helped TV Rain and Meduza journalists establish a Dutch media hub in Amsterdam, relocating The Moscow Times operations from Moscow to Amsterdam.
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Derk Sauer, pioneering Dutch journalist and Moscow Times founder, dies at 72
Dutch journalist and entrepreneur Derk Sauer, who built a publishing empire in post-Soviet Russia that included The Moscow Times and Vedomosti, died at 72, Het Parool reported on Thursday. He sustained severe injuries in a sailing accident in Greece a month ago and underwent treatment in Athens and Amsterdam hospitals.
At the age of 72, Dutch media manager and publisher Derk Sower died, as reported by Het Paraol.
Dutch journalist and publisher Derk Sauer (72) has died. The Dutch newspaper Het Parool, where Sauer had a column for many years, announced his death. He died as a result of a sailing accident. Sauer is best known as the founder of The Moscow Times, the first English-language newspaper in Russia.
Sauer was seriously injured this month in an accident with his sailboat.
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