
Karin Kneissl: Vienna’s ties to Moscow and the impact of Austrian neutrality
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Austria's Foreign Automatic Policy
It is interesting that Austria is formally diplomatically neutral. I think it's fair to say you're clearly not neutral anymore. You make regular contributions to the state-run Russia Today media network, which of course is controlled ultimately by the Kremlin. So you've taken a side, haven't you? Yes, I have taken a side. And on many other issues, I'm refrained from commenting Austrian foreign policy for a number of years. But unfortunately, as a country whose neutrality is not only a matter of national legislation of 1955, but also guaranteed by a number of international acts, Austria is not any more neutral than politically nor militarily.
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