# Russia vows proportionate but painful response to Austria’s diplomat expulsions

https://mins.news/en/item/133431

- TASS, 2026-11-07 04:16 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2214167

> Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Dmitry Lyubinsky said Moscow’s response to Austria’s recent expulsion of Russian diplomats would be proportionate but painful for Vienna. Austria declared four Russian diplomats persona non grata on October 23 and ordered them to leave.