The Swedish government on Tuesday announced the expulsion of five Russian diplomats from its embassy in Stockholm for carrying out activities “incompatible” with their status, according to EFE.
“The Foreign Ministry today called the Russian ambassador, Victor Tatarintsev, to inform him that five people working in his embassy must leave the country because their activities are not compatible with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations,” he said. the executive said in a statement.
The last time Sweden expelled Russian diplomats was in April 2022 in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
The move comes two weeks after Norway announced the expulsion of 15 staff members of the Russian embassy in Oslo, accused of carrying out espionage activities while abusing their diplomatic status.
According to a joint investigation by the Nordic public television channel a few days ago, dozens of Russian boats have been patrolling the North Sea in recent months, supposedly collecting information on wind farms, gas pipelines and power lines for possible acts of sabotage.
Source: DN
