In a WhatsApp text message with a Washington Post reporter, Kneissl said she "does not give interviews" and emigrated from Austria due to "threats of death," the paper wrote.

On May 23, it became known that Kneisl left the board of directors of Rosneft.

Before that, the ex-Chancellor of Germany, Gerhard Schroeder, announced the impossibility of extending his powers on the board of directors of the company.

According to Der Spiegel, the European Parliament insisted on including Schroeder on the sanctions list if he retains his posts in Russian companies.