Austria's ex-foreign minister Karin Kneissl has joined an ever-expanding list of senior Austrian and German politicians working as Kremlin lobbyists.
The 56-year old, who led Austria's diplomacy between 2017 and 2019, is to become a board member of Russian state oil firm Rosneft, in a move announced by Moscow on Tuesday (3 March).
The firm is run by one of Russian president Vladimir Putin's closest friends, Igor Sechin.
It is under EU and US sanctions over Russia's invasio...
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