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    Austria's Vice Chancellor Quits After Video Surfaces Of Meeting With Russian Investor

    The video appeared to show Heinz-Christian Strache offering business deals for political support. He called the taping a "targeted political assassination." But the chancellor proposed snap elections.
    by Sasha Ingber May 18, 2019 2 minutes
    Austria's Vice Chancellor and chairman of the Freedom Party, Heinz-Christian Strache, announces his resignation at a press conference in Vienna on Saturday, following a video scandal.

    Updated at 3:15 p.m. ET

    Austria's vice chancellor has resigned after German media published a video that purportedly showed him offering government contracts to a woman posing as the niece of a Russian oligarch, in exchange for media coverage and political funding.

    The scandal drove Chancellor Sebastian Kurz to call for snap elections instead of trying to revive his weakened coalition

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