The leader of Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), Herbert Kickl, has distanced himself from Moscow in the course of investigations into suspected Russian espionage in Austria. He has “no personal connection to Russia at all,” Kickl said on Thursday in parliament in Vienna, where he was questioned in a committee of enquiry. Kickl, who served as interior minister from 2017 to 2019, appeared as a witness in a sub-committee to shed light on alleged abuse of power by social democratic and right-wing politicians. The alleged espionage affair concerns a former Austrian intelligence officer, accu…