Austria Expels 3 Russian Diplomats Over Signals Spying

Security personnel stand guard in a courthouse in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, April 28, 2026.REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
Security personnel stand guard in a courthouse in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, April 28, 2026.REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
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Austria Expels 3 Russian Diplomats Over Signals Spying

Security personnel stand guard in a courthouse in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, April 28, 2026.REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
Security personnel stand guard in a courthouse in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, April 28, 2026.REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

Austria declared three Russian diplomats persona non grata 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.