Derek Sauer - founder of The Moscow Times - worked with his business partner Annemarie van Gaal to introduce Cosmopolitan and Playboy to Russia
..through their publishing house 'Independent Media,' which was founded in 1992
BBC Verify 's disinformation specialist Marianna Spring wrote for The Moscow Times during a stint in Russia
Derk Sauer is married to journalist Ellen Verbeek who was editor-in-chief of the Russian version of Cosmopolitan
Derk Sauer is a second cousin of Dutch resistance fighter and Engelandvaarder Peter Tazelaar
en.wikipedia.org
Sauer himself smuggled weapons for the IRA when he was 19 years old
en.wikipedia.org
Sauer himself smuggled weapons for the IRA when he was 19 years old
"Since the resistance had no direct contact with England, Tazelaar was chosen to go to England to make contact with British intelligence forces. In early June 1941 he mustered as a stoker on the Panamanian-flagged, Swiss freighter St-Cergue..
jeremy-duns.com
Peter Tazelaar undertook his mission in November 1941 with MI6, but joined the Special Operations Executive (SOE) later in the war...
Peter Tazelaar undertook his mission in November 1941 with MI6, but joined the Special Operations Executive (SOE) later in the war...
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"After a stint with the Commandos, Tazelaar also became a training instructor in Canada, at the Dutch military base in Guelph, following which he was recruited by SOE & parachuted back into Holland in 1944, from where he maintained radio contact with London for six months."..
"Peter Tazelaar’s life could have provided enough material for several films. Queen Wilhelmina also awarded him the Militaire Willemsorde, and in May 1945 he and Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema became her aides de camp..
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