Every minister from Austria's far-right Freedom Party resigns after secret video involving fake Russian

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Every minister from Austria's far-right Freedom Party resigns after secret video involving fake Russian
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The party controls five government ministries.

Austria entered a full-blown a political crisis on Monday when members of the far-right Freedom Party decided to abandon the government coalition.

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz walks next to General Secretary of Austrian People's Party Karl Nehammer during a party board meeting of the Austrian People's Party in Vienna, on May 20, 2019. - Conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has called for fresh elections after a camera sting forced his deputy, Heinz-Christian Strache from the far-right Freedom Party , to resign on Saturday.

But the video showed Strache discussing ways to avoid party financing laws and suggested that he would help the woman take control of a leading Austrian tabloid. The conversation was a sting operation that was caught on video and published Friday in the German press. The backlash ended Strache’s role in government.

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