Vienna police say Austrian police officers who provided security around the Russian Embassy on the day of that country’s presidential election were given small presents as they left. Police were told to reject such gifts in the future.
FILE - Outside view of the Russian embassy in Vienna, Austria, on Friday, March 19, 2010. Austrian police officers who provided security around the Russian Embassy on the day of that country’s presidential election were given small presents as they left, Vienna police said Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Police were told to reject such gifts in the future. were given small presents as they left, Vienna police said Tuesday. Police were told to reject such gifts in the future.
But it “leaves an unwanted impression that does not do justice to the professional approach of the officers at the scene,” the department added. This, it said, was pointed out to officers and they were instructed to “reject in a friendly but firm way such courtesies, even if only of a low value, in the future.”
from the Russian Embassy in Vienna to leave the country, and an official said the expulsions were related to spying activities.
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