Austria finds out about Putin's spies and expells two Russian diplomats. Russian embassy warns of “a decisive response from Moscow” Russian diplomats expelled on the basis of Article 9 of the Vienna Convention must leave Austrian federal territory by March 19 at the latest.
Report: Vienna is “the main location for the spread of Russian narratives and disinformation” Austrian Foreign Ministry justified this primarily with concerns about the impact on the Austrian representation in Moscow. In April 2022, after the massacre in Butscha near Kiev became known, he expelled four Russian diplomats to Moscow.