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"Blood money is sent to Russia [from Austria] every day with the gas bill:" EU ambassador summoned for criticising Austria’s Russian gas dependence (www.euractiv.com)
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"Oh my God, 55% of Austria’s gas continues to come from Russia,” Martin Selmayr lamented in Vienna. Paying for continued Russian supplies was tantamount to helping finance its war against Ukraine, and no one protested, he added.

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[–] gajustempus@feddit.de 19 points 1 year ago

to be fair - Austria has the FPÖ and most of the country doesn't have any problem with those far-right nuts. So the bar of being embarassed by stuff like that is pretty high already to begin with if you're in Austria.