BBC News
By Bethany Bell
May 4, 2026
Austria has expelled three Russian diplomats, accusing them of spying.
The diplomats, who have already left the country, used a “forest of antennas” installed on the roofs of diplomatic buildings to gather information, Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger said.
A report by the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF), confirmed by the foreign ministry, said the antennas were on the roof of the Russian embassy in Vienna and at a Russian diplomatic compound.