US EditionA Den of Spies: Vienna Emerges as Hub for Russian Espionage
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Vienna has become a base for foreign operations by Russian secret services, including financing and logistical support for sabotage, assassinations and recruitment of collaborators, according to Western intelligence officials. The Austrian capital was reportedly also the place where the killers of Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov, who defected to the Ukrainian side with his helicopter last year, were paid.
Vienna has become 'Russia's new espionage hub,' intelligence officials tell WSJ
Vienna has become the "base for Russian clandestine operations," the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on June 28, citing unnamed European and U.S. intelligence officials.While Vienna has a long history of being a hub for spies dating back to the Cold War, there have been a number of recent espionage scandals in the country, such as the arrest in April of former Austrian intelligence officer Egisto Ott on suspicion of espionage. The month befor…
Espionage in Austria is legal if it is not directed against the country itself
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