News Summary

• Dmitry Medvedev, a close confidant of Vladimir Putin, accused Vienna of abandoning its long-held neutrality.
• He warned that Moscow would treat Austria no differently to Sweden and Finland, which decided to join NATO after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.Medvedev emphasized that Austria's neutrality is protected by the 1955 Austrian State Treaty and the Moscow Memorandum.
• He argued that any move toward NATO membership would violate international law, specifically the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.