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Austria expels three Russian diplomats over signals spying

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04-05-2026 | 05:53

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Austria expels three Russian diplomats over signals spying

Austria declared three Russian diplomats personae non gratae over an "antenna forest" on the rooves of diplomatic buildings that could be ⁠used for spying, the government said on Monday.

"It is unacceptable that diplomatic immunity be used to commit espionage," Foreign Minister Beate ⁠Meinl-Reisinger said in a statement confirming that the three diplomats had ⁠already left the country. It brings to 14 ⁠the number of Russian diplomats Austria ⁠has expelled since 2020.

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