Comment by joe_mamba
9 hours ago
> The ruzzians are completely unscrupulous.
Wait a sec, isn't the Austrian intelligence officer to blame here for doing the spying on Russia's behalf?
And Austrian politics in general have historically been very pro-Russia since the cold war, with Putin visiting the wedding of Austrian officials, and Austrian politicians getting jobs at Russian oil and gas companies after the end of their mandates. Also, Austrian Raiffeisen bank still has operations in Russia.
So maybe Austria could have some introspection and drain the swamp of Russian assets instead of throwing all the blame on Russia as it has no agency in its internal politics and business tie with Russia.
To be fair, if you want a boogie man which won’t even mind being used as one - Russia is a great option.
> Wait a sec, isn't the Austrian intelligence officer to blame here for doing the spying on Russia's behalf?
Of course, but I'd argue russia trying to break into apartments of journalists and even planning to obduct/kill them is also morally not great