Palais Nassau, Russian Embassy in Vienna – Wiki Commons The Russian embassy in Vienna is reportedly collecting SIGINT. During the dark days of the Cold War, Vienna became a premier hub for espionage because Austria’s ‘permanent neutrality’ allowed CIA, KGB, MI6, and other agencies to operate with unusual freedom. Austrian law criminalized spying only against Austria itself, not foreign powers. While those days are long gone, reports have arisen over the alleged work of signals intelligence (SIGINT) collection operated from the Russian embassy’s ‘antenna forest’. Yesterday (4), Austria declared three Russian diplomats persona non gratae over spying allegations. Austria EXPELLS 3 Russian diplomats over alleged ‘ANTENNA FOREST’ on diplomatic buildings — Reuters, citing Austrian MFA They believe that those antennas are used to ‘commit espionage’…
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