Sweden expels five Russian diplomats

Sweden is set to expel five Russian diplomats, Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström said in an interview with TV channel SVT Nyheter.

“Their operations in our territory were not compatible with their diplomatic status,” he explained.

Russia’s Ambassador to Sweden Viktor Tatarintsev refused to comment on the expulsion of the diplomats.

In April 2022, Sweden announced the expulsion of three Russian diplomats. Former Foreign Minister of the country Ann Linde stated that Sweden made “a decision on deportation of three Russian diplomats whose work in Sweden is not in accordance with the Vienna Convention”.

In response, Russia’s Foreign Ministry declared three Swedish diplomats personae non gratae.