Austrian colonel 'spied for Russia since 1990s'

An Austrian colonel is being investigated on suspicion of spying for Russia, Austrian officials have said.

The 70-year-old suspect, recently retired, is said to have been spying since the 1990s up until this year.

Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl has cancelled her planned December visit to Russia over the scandal.

Until now, Austria has been seen as one of only a few allies of Russia in the EU. Russian President Vladimir Putin was at Ms Kneissl's wedding in August.

Vladimir Putin attends Austrian foreign minister's wedding
The EU has imposed a series of sanctions against Russia over its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and support for separatists in the east, as well as the poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the UK in March.
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