In the beginning it was “Jan from the BVT”: an ominous whistle who was repeatedly mentioned in chats between the then general secretary of the Austrian-Russian friendship society and the FPÖ politician Johann Gudenus. The news that came from Gudenus’ cell phone from Gudenus, which was seized in 2019, also presented constitutional protection officers. “There is no such Jan in the BVT,” it said at the time.
