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By Published Feb. 5. Updated Feb. 5 at 7:09 pm Members and supporters of the Chechen community hold placards on July 7, 2020 in Vienna during a protest after the murder of Martin B. a vocal critic of the Chechen Republic's government. - Austrian police have arrested two Russians from Chechnya over the fatal shooting of a Chechen dissident, identified by Austrian prosecution as Martin B. The 43-year-old asylum seeker, was found dead with gunshot wounds near the capital Vienna on July 4, 2020. Photo by ...

Austria Orders PANDUR 6x6 Evolution Vehicles Our Bureau 1404 PANDUR 6x6 Evolution vehicle. The Austrian Ministry of Defense has placed an order for 30 PANDUR 6x6 Evolution (Evo) wheeled armored vehicles. Built by General Dynamics European Land Systems, the vehicles are designed as armored personnel carriers (APCs) and can be quickly converted into other roles such as CASEVAC (casualty evacuation) due to their modular design. The contract was signed in October last year, GDELS said in a release Tuesday. In addition to the 34 vehicles purchased in 2016 and based in the center of excellence at...

Languages Biography Gustav Gressel is a senior policy fellow with the Wider Europe Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations’ Berlin office. His topics of focus include Russia, Eastern Europe, and defense policy. Before joining ECFR, Gressel worked as a desk officer for international security policy and strategy in the Bureau for Security Policy of the Austrian Ministry of Defence from 2006 to 2014, and as a research fellow of the Commissioner for Strategic Studies with the Austrian MoD from 2003 to 2006. He was also a research fellow with the International Institute for ...

First AW169 In New Advanced Light Utility Helicopter Configuration Begins Flight Testing First AW169 In New Advanced Light Utility Helicopter Configuration Begins Flight Testing The first AW1 Light Utility Helicopter photographed in flight. (Photo: Oscar Bernardi) The AW169 LUH helicopter, based on the AW169M light intermediate twin-engine helicopter, features a new skid landing gear which replaces the standard retractable gear. The first Leonardo AW169 LUH (Light Utility Helicopter) was recently photographed at the beginning of its flight testing. The photo you can see in this article, taken...