Austria's Vice Chancellor Quits After Video Surfaces Of Meeting With Russian Investor
The video appeared to show Heinz-Christian Strache offering business deals for political support. He called the taping a "targeted political assassination." But the chancellor proposed snap elections.
by Sasha Ingber
May 18, 2019
2 minutes
Updated at 3:15 p.m. ET
Austria's vice chancellor has resigned after German media published a video that purportedly showed him offering government contracts to a woman posing as the niece of a Russian oligarch, in exchange for media coverage and political funding.
The scandal drove Chancellor Sebastian Kurz to call for snap elections instead of trying to revive his weakened coalition
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