Channeling its Nazi past, Austria aims to lick Putin’s boots for cash
Austria is once again standing apart from Europe — this time not out of neutrality, but out of greed. In a move that has stunned diplomats across the European Union, Vienna has threatened to block the EU’s latest sanctions package against Russia unless it receives financial compensation for one of its own banks — Raiffeisen Bank International — through the unfreezing of Russian-linked assets.
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