Former Austrian foreign minister Karin Kneissl has become the latest prominent non-national figure to step down from the board of Russian state oil giant Rosneft.
The company announced Kneissl’s resignation on Monday, saying it was thankful for the “joint work over the past 10 months that went on against the background of the pandemic and difficult international situation.”
Kneissl served as Austria’s foreign minister between 2017 and 2019, contributing to the improvement of ties between Vienna and Moscow. The diplomat made international headlines in 2018 after Russian President Vladimir Putin attended her wedding and danced with her in front of the cameras.
She’s also a contributor at RT, writing opinion pieces on Russia’s relations with the West and other issues.
On Friday, former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Matthias Warnig, the…
