Passers-by on Kärtnerstrasse in Vienna. File photoMOSCOW, Mar 27 The Financial Times, citing a European intelligence officer and a European diplomat, claims that Austria is allegedly an «aircraft carrier» of secret Russian activities, its agency was suspended from a number of measures to exchange intelligence on European level. «Austria is a «real aircraft carrier» of Russian covert activities,» the publication said. It is noted that her intelligence agency, the office for the protection of the constitution and the fight against terrorism, is considered so «unreliable» that for some time it was removed from most intelligence-sharing activities at the European level.
Russia responded to Zeman's statements about Russian intelligence Europe is still relying on intelligence gathering from the US and Britain due to limitations on domestic surveillance and scarcity of resources. Media reported on the expulsion of 40 Russian diplomats from Poland «for espionage»
