VIENNA (AFP) - Vienna will expel a Russian diplomat, Austria's foreign ministry said Monday (Aug 24), as media reported he had been involved in economic espionage for years.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
VIENNA - Vienna will expel a Russian diplomat, Austria's foreign ministry said on Monday , as media reported he had been involved in economic espionage for years.
"We can confirm that a Russian diplomat will be expelled," the ministry said in a statement to AFP, adding his behaviour had violated diplomatic relations.The Kronen Zeitung tabloid said the diplomat had been given until Sept 1 to leave the country, adding that he had spied with the help of an Austrian citizen at a high-tech enterprise for years."We are outraged by the authorities' unfounded decision, which is detrimental to constructive relations.
Raising eyebrows, former foreign minister Karin Kneissl - under Austria's previous conservative and far-right coalition government - invited Russian President Vladmir Putin to her wedding later that year.But widely circulated photos of Ms Kneissl bowing to Mr Putin after their dance raised questions of Austria's neutrality.
In June, a retired Austrian army colonel was jailed for three years after being convicted of spying for Russia. The 71-year-old who has not been named"betrayed state secrets at the expense of Austria for a foreign secret service", a Salzburg court ruled.
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