Politico.eu: Austria expels 4 Russian diplomats
Europe has cracked down on alleged Russian spies since the Kremlin invaded Ukraine last February.
Austria has revoked the diplomatic status of four Russian civil servants working in Vienna, the Austrian foreign ministry said in a press release Thursday.
The four Russian diplomats “have engaged in acts incompatible with their diplomatic status” and “must leave the territory of the Republic of Austria within one week at the latest, i.e. by the end of 8 February,” the statement reads.
Two of the diplomats worked at the Russian embassy in Vienna and the other two were from the permanent mission to the United Nations.
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