{"id":1370324,"date":"2026-03-17T10:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/russia-has-turned-its-embassy-in-vienna-into-a-radio-intelligence-center\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T10:02:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:02:00","slug":"russia-has-turned-its-embassy-in-vienna-into-a-radio-intelligence-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/russia-has-turned-its-embassy-in-vienna-into-a-radio-intelligence-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia has turned its embassy in Vienna into a radio intelligence center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Russia is using diplomatic facilities in Vienna to conduct radio reconnaissance. In particular, at least eight antennas are installed on the roof of the Russian embassy, one of which can intercept signals not intended for the Russian side.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/CenterCounteringDisinformation\/17468\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">was reported by<\/a> the Center for Countering Disinformation.<\/p>\n<p> The active deployment of such equipment began after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Vienna is of particular importance to Russian intelligence services, as it is home to the headquarters of the OSCE, UN agencies, the IAEA, and other international organizations.<\/p>\n<p> According to estimates by European intelligence agencies, some of the Russian diplomats in the city may be involved in intelligence activities.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;At least eight antennas have been installed on the roof of the Russian embassy in Vienna, one of which is capable of intercepting foreign signals,&#8221; the sources note.<\/p>\n<p> Currently, about 225 Russian diplomats are accredited in Vienna.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;This once again demonstrates the Kremlin&#8217;s systematic use of diplomatic cover for intelligence and cyber activities in Europe,&#8221; the sources emphasize.<\/p>\n<p> Recall, on Friday, March 13, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/polshcha-perekhopyla-rosiyskyy-litak-iakyy-provodyv-rozvidku-nad-baltiyskym-morem\/\">two Polish MiG-29 fighter jets intercepted a Russian Il-20 aircraft over the waters of the Baltic Sea.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia is using diplomatic facilities in Vienna to conduct radio reconnaissance. In particular, at least eight antennas are installed on the roof of the Russian embassy, one of which can intercept signals not intended for the Russian side. This was reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation. The active deployment of such equipment began after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":1370307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1370324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1370324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1370307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1370324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1370324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}