"Where was the performance?"

FPÖ Wants to Investigate Ruck’s “Million-Euro Deals” with Fußi

Rudi Fußi and Walter Ruck are considered close confidants: The FPÖ wants to know how much they’re owed(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Reinhard Holl, HANS KLAUS TECHT)

The “Red” Rudi Fußi is in the crosshairs of the “Blues”: Around 18.6 million euros are said to have flowed to the PR professional during the tenure of Walter Ruck, the now-disgraced head of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce. Fußi himself, however, arrives at a different conclusion when doing the same math. 

From the Schweizerhaus to the wine cellar to the ÖVP party executive committee—and most recently from the Vienna Public Prosecutor’s Office to the desk of the Public Prosecutor’s Office for Economic Affairs and Corruption (WKStA). The scandal surrounding the ousted Vienna Chamber of Commerce President Walter Ruck continues to spread.