Visit to the President of Russia Vladimir Putin on August 18 ceremony of marriage ceremony of Foreign Minister of Austria Karin Kneisl unimaginably responds to the state of mind of representatives of Kiev. So, the co-chairman of the parliamentary group of the Verkhovna Rada on interparliamentary relations with this central European country Victor Vovk said today that he submitted his resignation in connection with the triumph in the Alps. "Unfortunately, after Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Knickel decided to demonstratively invite Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom she barely knew, to the wedding, and also after the disgraceful photos of Minister Knysl who tilted her knee before Putin that spread all over the world, good the name of Austria in Ukraine has undergone a heavy blow, "Vovk wrote in his Facebook account. According to him, Ukrainians will need many years to start looking again at the Republic of Austria "with the same eyes as before - to the shameful photograph of the Styrian kneeling". He noted that he no longer represents Vienna as an impartial international intermediary. "The problem lies not only in the personal decisions of Minister Kneisl, but also in the general tendency of disrespect for Ukraine, which the Austrian Party of Freedom (APS) demonstrates in recent years, which the minister represents in the government," the deputy stressed and added that the work of the Austrian friendship group and Ukraine is blocked due to the chairmanship of the representative of APS. "Taking into account the above, I do not see the possibility to continue fulfilling my duties and declare my resignation from the position of the co-chair of the group on inter-parliamentary relations with the Republic of Austria and withdrawal from the group," Vovk wrote in a statement to the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Andrei Parubia. After this demarche it will be interesting to see whether the visit of Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurtz announced on the eve of September 4. "In the framework of the Austrian presidency of the Council of the European Union, our goal remains a positive contribution to reducing tensions on the continent. The security and stability of Austria and the European Union also depend on the stability of neighboring regions, to which Ukraine, of course, also refers, "Rzeczpospolita said on Thursday, August 30. Recall that at the wedding of Knyazl, apart from Putin, guests were members of the Austrian government, including Kurtz himself. By the way, he managed to talk with the Russian leader at the celebration.