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#1. How Austria became Europe’s spy capital
#1. How Austria became Europe’s spy capital
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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Sep 21, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In our pilot episode, Michael interviews Anton Shekhovtsov, an expert on the European far-right and the Russian government's ties to it. They discuss their jointly written essay for The Daily Beast, drawn from a still-classified KGB training manual, about the false-flag recruitment of an adviser to the Austrian chancellery in the late 1950s and early 1960s by a particularly resourceful Soviet double agent "Safo." Also, the stunning revelations about a Wirecard executive, Austria's first expulsion of a Russian intelligence officer, and why Vienna has the well-earned reputation of being the spy capital of Europe.
Released:
Sep 21, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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