Austria

Participation of Austria in the Russo-Ukrainian war

10 March 2022 - Stora Enso, Metsä and UPM are abandoning Russian timber. Austrian Egger and Kronospan, American International Paper, and Mondi remain working in Russia

31 March 2022 - Austria, following Germany, imposed a state of emergency due to the threat of gas supplies

1 April 2022 - Wladimir Klitschko met with Scholz, Chancellor of Austria and a number of ministers and called for support for Ukraine

4 April 2022 - Austria does not support the Russian gas embargo despite the atrocities in Bucha

10 April 2022 - After meeting with Zelensky, the Austrian Chancellor met with Putin

11 April 2022 - Putin's meeting with the Austrian chancellor took place without interpreters or assistants

11 April 2022 - Directly, openly and harshly: the Chancellor of Austria spoke about his talks with Putin

14 April 2022 - Austrian Chancellor still believes in Ukraine-Russia talks after talks with Zelensky and Putin

18 April 2022 - Austrian Chancellor on giving up Russian gas: Maybe in a few years

18 April 2022 - Austria wants to join the investigation of war crimes in Ukraine

23 April 2022 - Austria is ready to support "any sanctions against Russia", except for gas - the minister

24 April 2022 - The Austrian Foreign Ministry opposes Ukraine's membership in the EU

27 April 2022 - The Austrian Embassy returned to Kyiv

2 May 2022 - Ukraine received half a billion euros from the United States, Norway and Austria

4 May 2022 - Austria states that an accelerated procedure for Ukraine's accession to the EU is impossible

6 May 2022 - Austria continues to consider Russian gas embargo a "red line"

22 May 2022 - Austria has already found 254 million euros in assets of sanctioned Russian oligarchs

23 May 2022 - Austria has already frozen 254 million euros in assets of sanctioned Russian oligarchs

20 June 2022 - Austria will restore a closed coal-fired power plant due to problems with Russian gas

6 July 2022 - Austria withdraws "Gazprom" from the largest gas storage in the country

20 July 2022 - The heads of foreign affairs of the Czech Republic and Austria arrived in Kyiv

27 July 2022 - Austria took the largest storage facility in the country from Gazprom

9 September 2022 - Austrian Foreign Minister: sanctions against the Russian Federation are becoming more and more effective every day

16 December 2022 - Austria has pledged 5 million euros to the Energy Support Fund of Ukraine

18 December 2022 - Austria called the Holodomor "a terrible crime"

16 January 2023 - The head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry urged "not to bend the stick" in relations with Russia

31 January 2023 - Austria and Hungary agreed not to supply weapons to Ukraine

1 February 2023 - The President of Austria arrived in Kyiv and brought generators

1 February 2023 - Austria issued visas to sanctioned Russians to participate in the OSCE PA

2 February 2023 - Austria expels four Russian diplomats on suspicion of espionage

7 February 2023 - The Austrian government opposed the participation of Russians and Belarusians in the 2024 Olympics

13 February 2023 - Austria again increased its dependence on Russian gas

6 March 2023 - The head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry called the idea of ​​forcing Ukraine to cede territories to Russia dangerous

11 March 2023 - Schaeffler plans to sell its business in the Russian Federation to Deripaska's Austrian business partner

16 March 2023 - Austria supported the special tribunal for the crime of aggression against the Russian Federation, there are already 33 such countries

24 March 2023 - The ECB is putting pressure on the Austrian Raiffeisen Bank to withdraw from Russia

29 March 2023 - Austrian investors require the Raiffeisen Bank group to decide on business in Russia

30 March 2023 - All Austrian parliamentary parties condemned the boycott of Zelenskyi's speech by the far-right

30 March 2023 - The Austrian Parliament supported the simplified employment of refugees from Ukraine

7 April 2023 - Austria wants to help Ukraine with demining only after the end of the war

11 April 2023 - Minister: Austria will continue to support Ukraine, but without military aid

11 April 2023 - The Austrian government has confirmed that they will arrest Putin in the event of his arrival

19 April 2023 - Austria joins demining in Ukraine

20 April 2023 - Austrian Foreign Minister: Putin's arrest warrant was a very clear and correct signal

17 May 2023 - The President of Austria criticized the government: it did not want to immediately join the demining of Ukraine

18 May 2023 - The Austrian minister still insists that immediate participation in demining Ukraine violates neutrality

28 May 2023 - After the debate, neutral Austria allocates 2 million euros for demining in Ukraine

2 June 2023 - The Austrian far-right called on the government to protect Hungary from the EU

7 June 2023 - Austria has pledged 1 million euros to support nuclear security in Ukraine

16 June 2023 - The Austrian court refused to extradite Firtash to the USA

16 June 2023 - Sberbank sold its branch in Austria and left the European market

26 June 2023 - Austria called on suppliers to accelerate the withdrawal of gas from the Russian Federation

3 July 2023 - Neutral Austria decided to join the European initiative to protect the sky

6 July 2023 - Raiffeisen postpones exit from Russia. Austria protects ties with Moscow

7 July 2023 - Neutral Switzerland and Austria joined the European air defense initiative "Sky Shield"

9 July 2023 - Austrian OMV does not plan to terminate the gas supply contract with the Russian Federation

9 August 2023 - The former head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry settled in Russia

24 August 2023 - Austrian Uniqa is leaving the Russian market

2 September 2023 - Austrian Foreign Minister: the EU should reconsider its approach to enlargement with regard to Ukraine, Moldova and the Balkans

12 September 2023 - Austria buys 8 IRIS-T air defense systems from Germany

25 September 2023 - Austria has increased the financing of the IAEA in Ukraine by another 1 million euros

23 November 2023 - Austrian Foreign Ministry: Security in Europe is most threatened by Russia's aggressive war

23 November 2023 - Austria urged not to give priority to Ukraine over the Western Balkans in joining the EU

30 November 2023 - Lavrov's invitation to the OSCE meeting was praised in Austria: "There is no need to be afraid of dialogue"

12 December 2023 - Austria blocks the 12th package of EU anti-Russian sanctions through Raiffeisen

16 December 2023 - Austria blocked the 12th package of EU sanctions against Russia

16 December 2023 - Austria unblocked sanctions against Russia after Ukraine's concession on Raiffeisen

23 December 2023 - Russian KamAZ imports parts from Austria

3 January 2024 - Austria summoned the Russian ambassador more than 10 times because of the war against Ukraine

12 February 2024 - Austria is going to terminate the contract for the supply of gas from Russia

12 February 2024 - Austria and Slovakia refused to build a new pipeline to connect with Russia

13 March 2024 - Austria expels two Russian diplomats

21 March 2024 - Austria is against transferring profits from the frozen assets of the Russian Federation to weapons for Ukraine

31 March 2024 - An ex-intelligence officer was detained in Austria on suspicion of espionage for the Russian Federation

11 April 2024 - The Chancellor of Austria considers negotiations with the Russian Federation to be a prerequisite for peace in Ukraine

25 April 2024 - MEPs call on the Austrian authorities to influence Raiffeisen regarding its business in the Russian Federation

7 May 2024 - The neutral states of Europe (Austria, Ireland, Switzerland and Malta) asked NATO for closer cooperation due to Russia's aggression

13 May 2024 - Austria gave a visa to Putin's envoy, he visited Vienna and Bratislava

16 May 2024 - Austria is creating a fund with a plan to allocate more than €500 million for investments in Ukraine

17 May 2024 - Austria is creating a EUR 500 million fund to support investments in Ukraine

13 June 2024 - Kyiv buys 15 Austrian mini-CHP plants with a total capacity of 60 MW for 1.1 billion

2 August 2024 - In Austria, it was announced that there is no dependence on Russian gas

28 September 2024 - The head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry calls for a dialogue with Russia

29 September 2024 - For the first time in history, the far-right won the parliamentary elections in Austria

23 October 2024 - Austria summoned the ambassador of the DPRK due to data on North Korean troops in the Russian Federation

24 October 2024 - For the first time, a representative of the extreme right was elected speaker of the Austrian parliament

14 November 2024 - The Austrian company ordered Gazprom to pay 230 million euros for the gas supply disruption

15 November 2024 - The Chancellor of Austria after the cessation of supplies to Gazprom: We will not give in to Putin's blackmail

16 November 2024 - Russia stopped supplying gas to Austria

16 November 2024 - Von der Leyen on the termination of Gazprom's supplies to Austria: We are ready for this

19 November 2024 - The Russian Federation continues gas supplies to Austria despite the promise to stop them

25 November 2024 - Reuters: Austria confiscated 230 million euros worth of Russian gas

26 November 2024 - Ambassador of Austria to Ukraine: We are ready to accept a new wave of refugees in case of deterioration of the situation in Ukraine

3 December 2024 - Austria gives 10 million euros to the World Bank fund to support Ukraine

7 December 2024 - Zelenskyi met with the Chancellor of Austria in Paris, they talked about supporting Ukraine

28 December 2024 - Austria plans to buy 12 fighter jets from Italy

1 January 2025 - Austrian minister: We no longer depend on Russian gas - and that's good

5 January 2025 - The Chancellor of Austria is resigning after fruitless coalition negotiations

5 January 2025 - Austria's conservatives have decided on a new leader after Neghammer's resignation

18 January 2025 - The leader of the far-right in Austria said that his party is not pro-Russian

14 March 2025 - The new Austria Foreign Minister arrived in Kiev

24 March 2025 - In Austria, the Russia -driven campaign of misinformation was exposed about Ukraine

29 March 2025 - Austrian Chancellor - Russia: We should not be considered a hostile place for negotiation

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