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BootinUp

(47,190 posts)
Tue Sep 12, 2023, 10:20 PM Sep 2023

Austria's former top diplomat Karin Kneissl (who danced with Putin) moves two ponies to Russia



6:40 am, September 12, 2023Source: Meduza

Austrian politician and former top diplomat Karin Kneissl, who took up residence in Russia over the summer, has moved her two ponies to Russia’s Leningrad region.

Last week, the Telegram channel Fighterbomber wrote that Kneissl’s “highly important, classified ponies” flew to Russia by dedicated military aircraft. On the same day, the Equestrian Club of Alyona Tkachenko posted a status on the Russian social media website VK: “We picked up two charming ponies at the Pulkovo airport, they crossed six borders, their itinerary started in Austria.”

Later on the same day, the veterinary authority for the Leningrad region announced that Kneissl’s ponies had been examined by local vets upon arrival.

Judging by photos from Pulkovo, the ponies were delivered by an Il-76MD long-range strategic airlifter attached to the Russian Defense Ministry, reports The Insider.
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Austria's former top diplomat Karin Kneissl (who danced with Putin) moves two ponies to Russia (Original Post) BootinUp Sep 2023 OP
I guess Puting has yet another mistress. lapfog_1 Sep 2023 #1
Austria's part of NATO, right? brush Sep 2023 #2
She has been in Russia for several years unc70 Sep 2023 #3

lapfog_1

(29,226 posts)
1. I guess Puting has yet another mistress.
Tue Sep 12, 2023, 10:51 PM
Sep 2023

and is willing to spend big bucks to airlift her ponies to her new, err, home.

unc70

(6,121 posts)
3. She has been in Russia for several years
Wed Sep 13, 2023, 12:15 AM
Sep 2023

Since before the invasion of Ukraine. She was reportedly having financial problems before Covid epidemic started. Her life story is rather strange.

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