Is Austria Now Taking a Sharper Stance Against Vladimir Putin's Spies?
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Vienna has been a hub for agents for decades. Now the Stocker government has expelled three Russian diplomats for suspects of spying. The government is talking about a change of course.
The AbwA military counterintelligence service and the leadership of the General Staff of the Austrian Armed Forces openly speak of threats from Russia — espionage, influence operations, sabotage — so the Austrian military is trying to speed up the adoption of the law "On criminal responsibility for espionage." To this end, in Austria, it must agree on all coalition partners, reports the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine on 9 May.
A large part of the staff of foreign embassies, particularly Russian, has intelligence experience and actually operates without the risk of criminal prosecution.
The Austrian government has expelled three employees from the Russian embassy suspected of spying and promises a "change of course" in the face of this "security problem". The international press calls Vienna a "nid of spies". Moscow has increased its attention to it since the invasion of Ukraine.
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