The Kneissl Case and the Russian Shadow Over Ballhausplatz
These are images that have been etched into the collective memory of Austrian foreign policy in recent years. The then-Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl (nominated by the FPÖ), taking a deep curtsy before Vladimir Putin at her wedding in Gamlitz, southern Styria, in 2018. What was dismissed by critics at the time as a diplomatic blunder has, eight years later, escalated into a full-blown state affair. While Kneissl now leads a luxurious life in exile in Russia as a “Kremlin influencer,” her former closest aide, ex-Secretary General Johannes Peterlik, is on trial in Vienna.
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