Footage appears to show Austrian vice-chancellor promising contracts for campaign support

The Austrian vice-chancellor, Heinz-Christian Strache, resigned on Saturday after two German newspapers published footage of him apparently offering lucrative government contracts to a potential Russian benefactor. The daily Süddeutsche Zeitung and the weekly Der Spiegel published extracts of covert video on Friday, which allegedly showed Strache offering government contracts to a Russian woman purportedly interested in investing large amounts of money in Austria.
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