Derk Sauer has been seriously injured in a sailing accident, reports Het Parool. The journalist has been writing a weekly column for that newspaper for years.
The accident occurred three weeks ago. Sauer was with his wife Ellen when he was injured.
“Derk is currently recovering and will be absent for a long time,” reads a message on the site of Het Parool. “We wish Derk and his family much strength in this difficult period.” Sauer’s column will not appear in the Amsterdam newspaper for the time being.
Sauer began his journalistic career as a reporter for various magazines, including Nieuwe Revu. He became editor-in-chief of that magazine in 1982.
In 1989, Sauer left for Russia, where he founded the publishing house Independent Media. The publishing house published, among other things, the independent daily newspaper The Moscow Times. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Sauer and his editors fled to the Netherlands in 2022 due to the strict Russian media law. From Amsterdam, Sauer and his editorial team are trying to continue The Moscow Times.