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“Austria expels four Vienna-based Russian diplomats on security grounds”
“Austria’s foreign ministry said on Friday it was expelling four Vienna-based Russian diplomats over “activities incompatible with their diplomatic status”, a term usually used for spying.”
Austria expels four Russian diplomats in Vienna
Key points
- Austria's foreign ministry declared four Russian diplomats persona non grata in Vienna.
- Three worked at Russia's embassy to Austria; one at the OSCE delegation on military security and arms control.
- This brings the total Russian diplomats expelled by Austria since 2020 to 18.
- Austria, though neutral, has sided with Ukraine since Russia's 2022 invasion.
- Vienna hosts the OSCE and UN bodies, with a history of espionage concerns around diplomats.
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