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2026-05-04 19:10 UTC
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These three Russian embassy staffers were accused of #SIGINT espionage against the interests of Austria.
The Russian ambassador denied the request to suspend the immunity of these three persons.
By the end of last week the foreign ministry declared them personae non gratae: They have left for Moscow already.
On Sunday evening Hubert came out with this
https://on.orf.at/video/14321887/16081568/spionageverdacht-russische-diplomaten-ausgewiesen
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@harkank@chaos.social 2026-05-04 19:29
🧵 5/more So who are these three spies? They were not under diplomatic cover. As @mattblaze@federate.social pointed out to me, unlike diplomats technical/administrative staff enjoy only limited immunity. This is why their immunity could have been suspended. These personae non gratae were all from the SVR who run these #SIGINT stations, most likely the Vienna executive amongst them. https://wien.orf.at/stories/3352548/