Austria Expels Russian Diplomat, Moscow Calls Move ‘Damaging’

Austria Expels Russian Diplomat, Moscow Calls Move ‘Damaging’
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VIENNA—Austria is expelling a Russian diplomat for breaching the Vienna Convention governing diplomats’ privileges and immunities, an Austrian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday.

“His behavior is not in accordance with the Vienna Convention,” the Foreign Ministry spokesman said, declining to elaborate further on the case.