Austria Rocked By Corruption Scandal After Vice-Cancellor Caught On Camera Promising Public Contracts To A Woman Posing As A Russian Backer



The Guardian: Austrian coalition in crisis after vice-chancellor resigns over secret video

Far-right party leader appeared to offer contracts in return for campaign help

The fate of Austria’s coalition government is in the balance after the far-right vice-chancellor resigned over a video that appeared to show him promising public contracts to a woman posing as a Russian backer, in return for help in his election campaign.

The Freedom party (FPO) leader, Heinz-Christian Strache, told a press conference in Vienna on Saturday that he had been the victim of a “targeted political assassination” aimed at breaking apart the coalition, and insisted the full video would show he had done nothing illegal.

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WNU Editor: He was set-up, and he felled for it. Heinz-Christian Strache's excuse is that he was drunk and he wanted to impress the attractive woman who was telling him that they could help him. This attractive woman did not only give him no help, but she and her accomplices videotaped the entire meeting. He is toast, and deservedly so.

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