Austria expels three Russian embassy staff on suspicion of spying
المصدر: The Guardian World | Source: The Guardian WorldAustrian foreign minister says ‘forest of antennae’ on mission in Vienna being used for illicit collection of data
Austria has expelled three Russian embassy staff on suspicion of spying after determining that a “forest of antennae” on the diplomatic mission in Vienna, Europe’s espionage capital since the cold war, was being be used for illicit data collection.
“It is unacceptable that diplomatic immunity be used to commit espionage,” Austria’s foreign minister, Beate Meinl-Reisinger, said on Monday. She added that the three embassy staff – whose expulsions bring the number of Russian diplomats sent home by Vienna to 14 since 2020 – had already left the country.
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