After Navalny’s death, Russian real estate purchases in Tyrol remain a mystery

The purchasing process – which Oberhofer said “probably all took place before the outbreak of war in Ukraine” – must go through an official approval process. A “general interest” must also be justified. Since the 23 real estate transactions became known, “we are trying to find out where and why this public interest exists in the respective purchases,” said Oberhofer, who also announced further questions about this in the Tyrolean state parliament at an online press conference. .

He was “shocked that the Tyrolean state government and especially the Tyrolean state governor (Anton Mattle, ÖVP, note) felt little interest in bringing transparency to the matter.” He finds it “incomprehensible” that people “hide behind data protection”. It’s about the common good.” However, Oberhofer admitted that there could also be economic interest – but “political interventions”, which would also take place, were problematic.

Navalny conducted research in Tyrol in 2019
For National Councilor Krisper, given the “anointing words” of Austrian politicians on Navalny’s death, it is now important to “take action” and implement the sanctions packages “in the best possible way in order to provide the best possible support to Navalny’s efforts and weakening Putin.” Navalny himself was in Tyrol in 2019 and exposed some cases of Russian investments in Tyrol. “After all, any acquisition of property by Russians is a gateway to dubious financial flows” – this and the “straw men” that arise as a result would make it more difficult to enforce the sanctions, Krisper said.

By the way, Putin’s daughter probably owns a villa in Kitzbühel:

The Pink politician found it “very irritating” that the Tyrolean state government only took action after a request for administrative assistance from the Directorate for State Security and Intelligence (DSN). She could not understand why you do not ‘automatically meet on your own initiative for each sanctions package’ and think ‘how you can respond’. For Oberhofer, the sanctions in Tyrol have had “no consequences so far”: “I would ‘assume that something has to be kept secret.’ After all, the ‘public interest’ has been treated ‘very generously’ in the past.

In response to an APA request, responsible Deputy Governor Josef Geisler (ÖVP) emphasized that the State of Tyrol had “fully complied” with the request for administrative assistance and that “all information on legal claims of Russian citizens” had been sent to the federal government . At the same time, he passed the ball to Vienna: “All further measures are now the responsibility of the federal government. For data protection reasons, it is not possible for the State of Tyrol to publish the names of the 23 buyers.”

ÖVP speaks of ‘poisoning’ the political climate
ÖVP club president Jakob Wolf carried out violent attacks on the NEOS on Monday. The Pinks would poison the country’s political climate with their “baseless accusations,” Wolf explained in a broadcast. It is “absolutely strange if Dominik Oberhofer now works with Viennese political methods to bash each other just to get cheap headlines in Tyrol,” the black club boss said. “Changing political changes with international politics in Tyrol in this case is highly inappropriate,” Wolf attacked the Tyrolean NEOS, calling it “brazen to accuse the Tyrolean state government of wanting to cover up Russian affairs.” Can you not seriously accuse the Tyrolean state government of being pro-Putin?” the club president finally asked Pink.