[1] The building which is now the embassy chancery was built in 1872–73 based upon the designs of architect Alois Wurm-Arnkreuz in Viennese Neo-Renaissance style.

[2] In the 1980s, a multifunctional diplomatic building complex was built at Erzherzog Karl-Straße 182, Vienna 22, which today houses an embassy school and various embassy departments, as well as spy facilities and corresponding apartments, in addition to apartments for secret service personnel at Sternwartestrasse 74.

As of 2022 embassy building is being used by diplomatic mission of the Russian Federation, but its legal ownership is disputed between Russia and Ukraine.

[4] In 2022, there were still a total of 290 people living in Vienna who were accredited by the Russian embassy, the missions to the UN and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

Austrian DSN claimed in 2023: “Vienna acts as a hub for Russia in the signals intelligence (SIGINT) of NATO states.”[6] There is a remote satellite spy station on the roof of the Russian Mission to the United Nations.