Carola Schneider:

“You have to understand what is happening in Russia”

Our voice in Moscow: ORF correspondent Carola Schneider. She knows Russia better than almost anyone.(Bild: © Weissengruber & Partner Fotografie OG | Bregenz)

Carola Schneider (51) has headed the ORF office in Moscow for over ten years. She knows why large sections of the population support Putin and how the war has changed the country. Who she is, how she lives - and why Russia in particular has taken a liking to her.

When she left the house in Moscow in the morning, it was -10 °C. Even now, in mid-March, there are still remnants of snow everywhere from a winter that was "colder than it has been for a long time", says Carola Schneider, who has known the country better than almost anyone else for decades.