Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer says the arrest in recent days of a former Austrian intelligence officer on serious allegations of spying for Russia suggests that Austria needs to boost its security to thwart Russian infiltration.
VIENNA — The arrest in recent days of a former Austrian intelligence officer on serious allegations of spying for Russia suggests that Austria needs to boost its security to thwart Russian infiltration, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said Monday.
Nehammer said he would convene the National Security Council on Tuesday of next week. The council, which consists of government ministers as well as members of all political parties, is a key advisory panel on matters of security and defense.Former Austrian leader Sebastian Kurz convicted of false statements, given suspended sentence
The mobile phones were supposed to be repaired by IT specialists of the former Austrian domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism, or BVT, after they fell into the water during a boat excursion on the Danube river in 2017. The phone data instead fell into Ott’s hands, and he allegedly passed it on to Russian security officials.
They also reported that Ott and his colleague allegedly helped Marsalek secretly escape from Austria in a private jet in 2020 after the Wirecard collapse.
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