Italy expels two Russian embassy staff over spying case
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said the two diplomats must leave within three days as prosecutors investigate classified-information leaks involving five other suspects.
- On Thursday, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani announced Italy's expulsion of two Russian military attaches from the Russian Embassy in Rome: Ivan Petrovich Gorbachev and Mikhail Vasilyevich Astakhov must leave within three days.
- Earlier this week, prosecutors detained two former Italian intelligence officers and Carabinieri members, Gavino Raoul Piras and Vincenzo Di Pasquale, suspected of passing classified national security information to an alleged Russian agent.
- Five other suspects are named in the case, including four military personnel accused of gathering state secrets and political or military espionage. The widening probe reveals the scope of the alleged espionage ring.
- Russia's Foreign Ministry stated it would give an "appropriate response" to the expulsion, signaling likely reciprocal measures against Italian personnel stationed in Moscow as diplomatic tensions escalate.
- Tajani said Moscow continued to employ "hybrid tools" against Italy and the West, describing this as "serious and unacceptable interference" that threatens national security.
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Italy announced Thursday the expulsion of two agents from Russian intelligence services accredited in the country under diplomatic cover, after denouncing a...
Two retired Italian agents are accused of passing information in exchange for envelopes containing 4,000 euros. One of them complained that they were paid too little: “It’s not even enough for a coffee.”
Two Russian embassy employees have been given three days to leave the country. Italy is expelling two Russian military attachés due to their involvement in espionage activities uncovered during an investigation by the Rome prosecutor's office. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing the Italian news agency ANSA. What Italy stated The decision to expel the Russian diplomats in Rome followed the arrest this week of two former Italian intelligence…
Italy has announced the expulsion of two agents of the Russian secret services who were present on the territory under diplomatic cover. Rome condemns a “serious and unacceptable interference”.
Two former 007 retired Italians, who were arrested, sold high-sensitivity information to Moscow officials; the former carabinieri received envelopes with 4000 euros in cash
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