A Russian senator on Sunday said the hidden-camera recordings that toppled the Austrian government did not prove any link to Russia and Moscow did not want to spoil its relations with Vienna.

'You can't draw Russia link' to Austria sting: Russian senator

Austria's President Alexander Van der Bellen on Sunday called for fresh elections in September after a corruption scandal embroiling the far-right brought down the coalition government in spectacular fashion.

Austrian president calls for September snap elections

“We have an interest in an EU that’s united and prosperous since the EU is our most important commercial and economic partner,” Putin said

Russia wants ‘united and prosperous EU’: Putin