now, she lives in exile, forced out of austria, she says, by death threats. what does her story say about vienna s close ties to moscow and the impact of austria s neutrality? karin kneissl, in northern lebanon, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for your invitation, mr sackur. well, it s a pleasure to have you on the show. i think we have to start with this question about your location. you were a senior member of the austrian diplomatic political elite, until recently. now, you ve left your home country and you re in exile in lebanon. just explain to me why. well, when our government literally imploded in 2019, all i wanted was to continue my academic work and publishing, but i had to find out that there was not a single contract. furthermore, a lot of harassment, also the death threats. but the bigger problem, honestly, was this de facto prohibition to work, so i decided to quit and first, i went to france and now, i m in lebanon and i cherish the freedom of mind here in leban
yesterday, karen kneissl, the former austrian foreign minister who famously danced with putin at her own wedding in 2018. now, she lives in exile, forced out of austria, she says, by death threats. what is her story say about vienna s close ties to moscow and the impact of austria s new neutrality karin karin kneissl, in northern lebanon, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for your invitation. invitation. it s a pleasure to have you invitation. it s a pleasure to have you on invitation. it s a pleasure to have you on the invitation. it s a pleasure to have you on the show - invitation. it s a pleasure to have you on the show and l invitation. it s a pleasure to have you on the show and i | have you on the show and i think we have to start with this question about your location. you were a senior member of the austrian diplomatic political elite, until recently. now, you ve left your home country and you re in exile in lebanon. just explain to me why. well,
karin kneissl, the former austrian foreign minister who famously danced with putin at her own wedding in 2018. now, she lives in exile, forced out of austria, she says, by death threats. what does her story say about vienna s close ties to moscow and the impact of austria s neutrality? karin kneissl, in northern lebanon, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for your invitation, mr sackur. well, it s a pleasure to have you on the show. i think we have to start with this question about your location. you were a senior member of the austrian diplomatic political elite, until recently. now, you ve left your home country and you re in exile in lebanon. just explain to me why. well, when our government literally imploded in 2019, all i wanted was to continue my academic work and publishing, but i had to find out that there was not a single contract. furthermore, a lot of harassment, also the death threats. but the bigger problem, honestly, was this de facto prohibition to work,
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But what does austrians move to the right mean for the continent well bring you the latest from vienna also coming up. Brags it gets a boost relief for leaders as they agree to open crucial talks on their future relationship with britain when it leaves the bloc but the hardest part is still to come plus in this league a thought for launching gladbach make mincemeat out of hamburg going into the winter break taking them to fourth place in the standings. And having called us and welcome to the program austria is on track to become western europes only country with a far right party in government after the conservatives struck a Coalition Deal with the Freedom Party austrias new chancellor sebastian courts will become the continents youngest leader after his party won octobers elections with a hard line against immigration will go to vienna to find out what the return of the far right means for the countrys future but first we have this report. The deal is done for a new government in aus