diplomacy
Austria’s former minister becomes a lecturer in Russia
Kneissl was once foreign minister in Austria, but felt hostile because of her proximity to Kremlin leader Putin. After the war began, she moved to Russia – and made another career there.
Austria’s former foreign minister, Karin Kneissl, is to become a lecturer at Ryazan State University, 200 kilometers southeast of Moscow. During a visit by the 59-year-old to Yesenin University, an agreement was reached: “Karin Kneissl will teach with us,” wrote the university’s rector, Dmitri Bokov, on Telegram. Details would be announced later.
Kneissl was Foreign Minister in Austria from 2017 to 2019. In this post, Kneissl danced with Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin at their wedding, curtsied to the Russian president and drew international criticism for it. She later worked for the Russian state propaganda broadcaster RT and the equally state-owned oil company Rosneft. In 2023, a year after Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine began, she moved to Russia.
In June, she said at the international economic forum in St. Petersburg that she was happy to have a new opportunity and a new life with her work in Russia. In Russia, she heads the Gorky think tank, which is close to the Kremlin.
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Source: Stern
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