Former Austrian minister who danced with Putin moves to Russia with ponies to lead new think tank
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Russian President Vladimir Putin danced with Karin Kneissl at her wedding in 2018.
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Kneissl, a former Austrian foreign minister, has relocated to St Petersburg to lead a think tank.
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She moved there along with her two ponies, flown on a Russian military plane from Syria.
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Kneissl will head the Geopolitical Observatory for Russia's Key Issues (GORKI) at St Petersburg State University.
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GORKI was set up this year to help define policies for Russia, focused on the Near and Middle East.