Liga.net reports that the Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz stated at a press conference that Austria intends to preserve good relations with Russia, despite the recent espionage scandal.

“We have a good relationship with Russia, and this will not change in the future,” stated Kurz.

At the same time, the chancellor stressed that Austria will always “prevent and criticize” espionage attempts.

Earlier in Austria, a former officer who from the 1990’s had been giving information to Russia …

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis confirmed that last year his son visited annexed Crimea, informs Radio Liberty’s Russian Service.

According to the local informational website Ceskenoviny.cz, on November 14, the head of the Czech government, while speaking to the journalists in Prague, clarified that Andrej Babis Junior was visiting Ukraine.

The prime minister said that Babis Junior has some psychiatric problems and criticized journalists for interviewing him. According to the politician, …

The Armenian authorities have conducted an audit on the local Gazprom subsidiary and uncovered colossal tax violations, the Armenian State Revenue Committee (SRC) reported on Wednesday.

Gazprom Armenia, the country’s sole gas provider, gave the tax authorities “deliberately false information” in its reports for 2016-2017, as a result of which it paid “several billion” too little tax on profit and VAT, according to the SRC.

In addition, the company was involved in shady gas selling schemes. …