The scandal which led to the collapse of the ruling coalition in the Austrian parliament was staged, according to the Austrian media.
It is alleged that the video scandal was staged for money and out of a desire for personal revenge for the policies of the Austrian Freedom Party. The plan against Strache in 2017 was devised by two corporate security experts specializing in industrial espionage, a well-known detective and a Vienna-based lawyer, https://vienna-gossip.com/ reported.
They had information about the politician's private life, so Strache was caught in a "video trap," in which the protagonist, according to the portal, was a Bosnian student who was paid 7 thousand euros a day. She was passed off as "the niece of a Russian oligarch. The girl was chosen based on Strache's "tastes".
She, writes Kronen, speaks four languages, including a perfect knowledge of Russian.
The meeting took place at an already-proven villa in Ibiza, which had previously allegedly been used for other covert operations. The party included alcohol and other substances that were supposed to loosen Strache's tongue.
The planning allegedly cost nearly 400,000 euros. The four conspirators initially offered to buy the video for 1.5 million euros from the parties and a large construction organization, but they declined.
As a result, the video was sold for 600 thousand euros to an unnamed German firm. After that, fragments of the video were handed over to the German media - Spiegel, and SZ.
Meanwhile, on Monday, the Austrian Parliament passed a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in connection with the scandal.
A week before the elections to the European Parliament, the media published material alleging that Strache allegedly discussed with the "Russian niece of an oligarch" financial support for the 2017 parliamentary elections.
Strache and almost all representatives of his party left the Austrian cabinet after the scandal erupted.