Former Foreign Minister , 61, has expressed agreement with the withdrawal of her Austrian citizenship. The NEOS party, led by , initiated the revocation procedure following her move to and work for state entities.
Kneissl currently resides in Ryazan Oblast and leads the Gorki Center think tank. While she told RIA Novosti she cannot become a Russian citizen, she may seek a UN stateless person passport. Austrian law allows revocation for damaging the nation's reputation.
The former diplomat, who served from 2017 to 2019, gained notoriety for inviting Vladimir Putin to her 2018 wedding. Now a columnist for RT and employee of the Russian Economic Institute, her ties to Moscow remain a central focus of the legal proceedings.