Austria is expelling four Russian diplomats for behaving in a manner inconsistent with international agreements, a reason often invoked in spying cases, the Austrian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday without giving specifics.
The ministry said in a statement: "two of the four diplomats declared personae non gratae on Thursday and ordered to leave the country by Feb. 8 are stationed at the Russian Embassy to Austria while the other two work at the Russian mission to the United Nations in Vienna.
The ministry did not specify what any of the diplomats had done, and a spokeswoman declined to comment.
The Russian embassy did not respond to a request for comment.
The move brings to nine the number of Russian diplomats Austria has expelled since 2020, though any connection between the three separate decisions is unclear. Austria has generally been more reluctant than many other western European countries to expel Russian envoys.
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