Austria expels four Russian diplomats

Austria has declared four Russian diplomats persona non grata and demanded that they leave the country.

Postxronika.az reports, citing TASS, that this was stated by the “Profil” magazine.

According to the Russian embassy in Austria, three of the individuals whose expulsion is demanded are diplomatic staff of the embassy, and one is a member of the Russian delegation taking part in talks in Vienna on military security and arms control.

Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Dmitry Lyubinsky said that Moscow would respond to this move.