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Austrian ex-foreign minister moves to Russia โ with ponies flown in on military plane
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 14 Sep 2023
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After WW2 Stalin wanted to get Germany. So he proposed to allow a united Germany, if it would be neutral. Obviously the plan was to have a neutral Germany under Stalins rule, but that goes without saying. However he needed West Germany to agree to this. So he allowed Austria, which was in a similar situation, to unite as a real democracy, as long as they stay neutral. Naturally he also made sure there are a lot of Soviet spies in Austria and Austria got some nice deals with the Soviets.
Nowadays Austria still profits of these connections to Russia and the political leadership class was never fully replaced as with the Communist countries further east. So the FBS had an easy time to just keep up influence. Then Austria moved to the right. Now they also have a facist party, which was in government for years and a bunch of close Russia connections going all the way to Ibiza.
Thanks for the insights. Frightening to see such a close partner acting as a Russian agent in the EU.
It's not as simple as saying "Austria is a Russian agent". Our current government will always stand with the EU in the end, but a lot of influential people with russian ties are constantly telling them to keep the relations with Russia good.
Now, if the polls hold true and FPร gets into government again.. then Austria will be governed by Russian agents for sure.
That's grim. Sit tight, we're with you. Still you may want to change your foreign agent law.
Well, it looks like our security agency who is in Charge of protecting the constitution has reported the youth wing of the far right party to the authorities for the first time ever, because of their open nazi symbolism. They might actually do something against the party for the first time ever.